The official report has been published by the Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) showing how the Qantas Airbus A380 flew for approximately 300 hours and 34 flights with a device installed in one of its four engines. The report included recommendations that the Australian airline should follow to prevent such incidents in the future.

One of them on December 6, 2023 Qantas‘ The 10-seater Airbus A380-842 fleet arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at the end of its routine scheduled passenger flight from Sydney (SYD). The airline’s engineers began a return maintenance check on the aircraft (registered VH-OQI) while on the ground at LAX before the return flight to Sydney, which was completed without incident.

The aircraft involved then flew for 294 hours, completing 34 sectors (17 round-trip flights) and undergoing its next scheduled maintenance check; This check was carried out while the plane was on the ground in Los Angeles, approximately a month later, on January 1, 2024. previous control.