On 4 November 2010 , a Trent 972 powered Airbus A380-842 ( Registration VH-OQA ) of Qantas Flight QF32 suffered an uncontained engine failure ( explosion ) in engine number 2 en route from Singapore to Sydney and returned to Singapore Changi Airport where it landed safely . Qantas grounded its fleet of six A380s for over three weeks after the accident pending the investigation and said it may replace up to 16 engines after identifying potential problems . VH-OQA was repaired at an estimated cost of 139 million . The aircraft has four new engines , a repaired left wing , and had extensive on ground testing and two test flights . It returned to service on 28 April 2012
Qantas Flight QF32
Qantas Flight 32
Rolls-Royce Trent 900