An engineer had left the tool in the engine, thinking someone else would need to use it again later on, a safety report said.

The Qantas Airbus A380 operated 34 cycles and flew for more than 290 hours before the missing tool was removed from the engine.

A Qantas Airbus A380 flew 34 times while a 4-foot-1-inch nylon tool — used to turn the engine’s intermediate-pressure compressor during borescope inspections — was wedged inside one of its Rolls-Royce Trent engines.

A Qantas A380 operated multiple flights with a tool inside one of its engines after engineers did not commence the lost tool procedure

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has underlined the risk of foreign object debris after a Qantas Airways A380 operated 34 cycles with a turning tool in an engine.

A Qantas Airbus A380 completed nearly 300 flight hours with a technician’s tool lodged in an engine, an Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) report says. The report has made recommendations for all Australian airlines to avoid other potentially dangerous instances.

The tool, used to turn an engine compressor on VH-OQI during borescope inspections, is believed to have been left inside during routine maintenance on 6 December 2023 and was not found until a scheduled maintenance check at LAX on 1 January 2024,

Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary happened - except to the nylon tool An Airbus A380 operated by Australian airline Qantas clocked over 290 hours of flight time despite a tool having been left inside one of its engines,