There was more bad news for the aerospace sector after German airline Lufthansa issued a profit warning.
Lufthansa's shares sank more than 7% in Germany, while in London British Airways owner IAG fell 3.1%.
The main FTSE 100 index closed down 34.68 points, or 0.5%, at 6,838.87.
The sell-off in the airline sector also hit Flybe, which fell 1.8% despite the carrier reporting its first annual profit for four years.
Flybe reported a pre-tax profit of £8.1m for the year to 31 March, compared with a loss of £41.1m a year earlier.
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 1%, despite the supermarket reporting a fall in like-for-like sales for the second quarter in a row.
The company said first quarter like-for-like sales excluding petrol dropped 1.1%, but the decline was not as bad as analysts had feared.
Betfair shares rose 1% after the betting exchange reported better-than-expected earnings.
Underlying earnings for the year to 30 April rose 24% to £91.1m, and Betfair said it hoped the World Cup would boost trade.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.6791 and climbed 0.3% against the euro to 1.2409 euros.
(Close): Rolls-Royce shares fell 5.5% after the engineering group said its order book would take a £2.6bn hit following the cancellation of an order for 70 Airbus A350s by Emirates.