Tuesday, August 24, 2010

FAA confirms Trent 1000 failure was uncontained

The US FAA has confirmed the 2 August engine failure of the 'Package A' Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 was uncontained.

The incident, which occurred during a ground test at the engine-maker's Derby, UK test facility, has been initially linked to the failure of the engine's intermediate pressure (IP) turbine.

Following the initial incident, neither Rolls-Royce nor Boeing would confirm the failure had not been......

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