Singapore Airlines pulled three A380s from service Wednesday after the carrier found problems with three Rolls-Royce engines on the superjumbo jets. All six Qantas A380s remained grounded.
A Qantas A380 superjumbo made a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore on November 4 after experiencing engine trouble over Indonesia, in the first mid-air emergency involving the giant Airbus plane. 459 people were onboard.
Aviation experts in Europe believe they have identified a possible cause of the safety issue shown last week - engine pieces of a Qantas flight headed to Sydney fell over Indonesia. The plane made an emergency stop in Singapore.