Inside Rolls-Royce's jet engine factory in Derby

Take a detailed tour of the Rolls-Royce aircraft engine manufacturing facility in Derby, courtesy of aviation and travel YouTuber Sam Chui.

Find out how Rolls-Royce produces the XWB engine, the exclusive engine on Airbus A350.

Mr Chui also takes a look at the various engine test bed sites, including the latest test site bed 80 which is under construction.

Rolls Royce explains what went wrong with its Trent 1000 engines on the Boeing 787 and also their future plans for the much bigger Ultra Fan engine.

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