When a Rolls-Royce engine on the world's biggest airliner exploded in midair last November, disaster was narrowly averted. But pictures of the wrecked engine and the battered Qantas Airbus A380 flew round the world. Qantas and Airbus fretted publicly about the damage to their reputations. Rolls-Royce, by contrast, kept a stiff upper lip. Sir John Rose, its boss, made clear that he wanted to fix the problem, not debate it.
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