Rolls-Royce engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing
A technical failure in a Rolls-Royce engine forced an Iberia flight bound for New York from Madrid to make an emergency landing at Boston Logan Wednesday. Pilots made an in-flight shutdown of one of the Trent XWB engines with engineers due to examine it later in the day. It caused shares in Rolls-Royce to fall more than 4% in morning trading in London, the biggest fall in more than a year. Although the shares recovered by mid-afternoon to trade 1.5% lower, the initial reaction highlights unease over the company’s engine programmes. Rolls-Royce has been grappling with problems related to the Trent 1000 engines that power Boeing Dreamliners. An analyst at Jefferies, said while the episode was “embarrassing as it’s a brand new aircraft with a new operator”, the issue “was not comparable with that on the Trent 1000”. <br/>
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Rolls-Royce engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing
A technical failure in a Rolls-Royce engine forced an Iberia flight bound for New York from Madrid to make an emergency landing at Boston Logan Wednesday. Pilots made an in-flight shutdown of one of the Trent XWB engines with engineers due to examine it later in the day. It caused shares in Rolls-Royce to fall more than 4% in morning trading in London, the biggest fall in more than a year. Although the shares recovered by mid-afternoon to trade 1.5% lower, the initial reaction highlights unease over the company’s engine programmes. Rolls-Royce has been grappling with problems related to the Trent 1000 engines that power Boeing Dreamliners. An analyst at Jefferies, said while the episode was “embarrassing as it’s a brand new aircraft with a new operator”, the issue “was not comparable with that on the Trent 1000”. <br/>
