RR & FAA Confirm Trent 1000 Failure Was Uncontained

Rolls-Royce Group Plc was forced to temporarily close a site used to trial jet engines for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner model and the rival Airbus SAS A350 after a turbine blew up on the test bed earlier this month. The failure of the Trent 1000 engine, which powers the Dreamliner, resulted in "limited debris being released into the test facility," Rolls-Royce spokesman Josh Rosenstock said in a telephone interview late yesterday. The malfunction occurred on Aug. 2 and was a… (www.flightglobal.com) Más...