The failure of two GEnx engines this summer and the discovery of a crack in the midshaft of another engine has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to recommend to ground Boeing jetliners equipped with those engines until they can be inspected.
The failure of two GEnx engines this summer and the discovery of a crack in the midshaft of another engine has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to recommend to ground Boeing jetliners equipped with those engines until they can be inspected.
The new engines are installed on some Boeing 787 Dreamliners and on all Boeing 747-8 aircraft.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2012/09/17/ntsb-urges-airlines-to-ground-boeing-jetliners-with-new-ge-engine/
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