Airbus to miss A380 delivery target due to Qantas incident

Airbus will miss its delivery target of 20 A380s this year because of disruptions resulting from the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, which forced a Qantas A380 to make an emergency landing in early November.

The manufacturer now says it will deliver 19 A380s this year, whereas Airbus executive vice-president of programmes Tom Williams said in May that it was looking to deliver "20 or over 20" of the type.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/12/15/350962/airbus-to-miss-a380-delivery-target-due-to-qantas-incident.html