Engine trouble it may be, and investigators are on the case, but the focus is nevertheless on the aircraft.
Six A380 aircraft getting grounded by Qantas is just the latest of a string of problems to beset the largest passenger plane in the world.
It is "certainly the most serious incident that the A380 has experienced since it entered operations", according to Tom Ballantyne, who writes for Orient Aviation Magazine.
Ever since its launch at a grand ceremony at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse almost six years ago, the Airbus A380 programme has struggled to overcome a string of complications.
Technical problems led to production slowing down, causing lengthy delivery delays and cost overruns so large that some industry observers question whether the programme will ever make a profit for its European manufacturer.
And there have been operational problems, including an engine failure in September 2009 on a Singapore Airlines flight from Paris, and two tyres bursting on landing in Sydney in March this year.
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