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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/qantas-a380s-go-back-into-service.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines were examined after the incident on the Qantas superjumbo" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-qantas-a380s-go-back-into-service.jpg" alt="The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines were examined after the incident on the Qantas superjumbo"/></a></p>
<p>Australian airline Qantas has said it is returning its grounded superjumbo fleet to the skies.</p>
<p>The airline&#8217;s chief executive Alan Joyce said the decision to put the six Airbus A380s back into service followed the completion of engine safety checks since a massive failure over Indonesia earlier this month.</p>
<p>Mr Joyce said Qantas was now &#8220;completely comfortable now with the operation of the aircraft&#8221; and the first resumed flight would be at the weekend.</p>
<p>The scare prompted a global safety review of Rolls-Royce engines on 20 of the world&#8217;s largest and newest jetliners across three airlines.</p>
<p>An investigation is still under way into the cause of the November 4 disintegration of the engine as the plane took off from Singapore. Officials have indicated a fire caused by leaking oil was the likely cause.</p>
<p>Mr Joyce said two of the superjumbos would be brought back into service as soon as they were ready and two more A380s &#8211; new ones straight off the production line &#8211; would begin taking passengers before Christmas.</p>
<p>It was the most serious safety scare for the world&#8217;s largest and newest jetliners, and prompted Qantas to ground its fleet.</p>
<p>Other airlines using the Trent 900 engine aboard A380s, Singapore Airlines and Germany&#8217;s Lufthansa, also briefly grounded some planes while safety checks were carried out.</p>
<p>Qantas&#8217; four other A380s are still waiting for new engines or parts that would be switched out before they were returned to service.</p>
<p>Mr Joyce said Qantas had removed 16 engines from its A380 fleet to complete checks and fixes to satisfy its engineers the planes were safe to fly.</p>
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