Rolls-Royce shares crash as jet engine fails in flight
Scare: the Qantas Airbus A380 after it was forced to make an emergency landing at Changi airport, Singapore
11 April 2012
Rolls-Royce shares tumbled today after one of its engines failed on a Qantas Airbus A380.
The incident triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, a major scare for the airline which has never had a fatal jet crash.
Qantas has grounded its A380 fleet in response and Rolls-Royce shares fell back 25p to 642p on
the news.
