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General Electric orders inspection of every GEnx engine installed on 747/8 and 787 aircraft

Evendale, USA - The American firm underscores the propulsor safety

General Electric has ordered an inspection for all the 120 GEnx engines operating on Boeing 747/8 and 787 aircraft, in order to verify possible installation errors of a component, which could be the reason of the incident occurred to an airplane during its take off from Shanghai Airport. The inspection will focus on the first stage low-pressure turbine (LPT) nozzle: in a first time the National...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1146112
Rome, Italy, 10/05/2012 15:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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