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BREAKING: Boeing Grounds 787 Dreamliner #1 After Engine Surge
Boeing Co. grounded one of its five 787 Dreamliner test jets while crews replace a Rolls-Royce Group Plc engine that experienced a power surge before takeoff. It’s too soon to tell whether the 787’s test schedule may be affected, Yvonne Leach, a Boeing spokeswoman, said today in a telephone interview. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The comment by Gene is way out of line; to even make such a statement is ridiculous and shows complete aviation ignorance. First of all, the Qantas engine failure is an isolated issue, these things happen quite a few times per day around the world. There is NOTHING wrong with ANY aircraft equipped with RR or GE or P&W engines, to name a few. The B747, all models, are one of the safest aircraft flying, as are ALL Boeing aircraft.
Before we start lambasting RR engines, let’s first find out what caused the failure in the first place!
Before we start lambasting RR engines, let’s first find out what caused the failure in the first place!
Is that not the point of testing? To experience failures and correct them?
I can't wait to see these 787's in full production and flying ! I also would respectfully submit that while every new design will have evolutionary 'growing pains' no, I would not think that at this point in flight testing/qualification you would be having engine issues as a product of test. The tens of thousands of engine stand hours ought to have wrung out the engine issues, and exposed items such as a propensity for uncontained engine failure, which fortunately ocurred on a test stand and not a 787 airframe. That failure was a production engine slated to go into an early delivery ANA B787. And it bears repeating that this (engine)is a supposedly production worthy design, not 'product development'. I would say these is/are cause for concern over the RR powerplant, at this point in time that is.... I hope GE production capability is up to the task of filling the gap if needed.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/24/346509/faa-confirms-trent-1000-failure-was-uncontained.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/24/346509/faa-confirms-trent-1000-failure-was-uncontained.html
i have to agree with what peter(chainsaw) said about genes comment. i work on B747 and they are one of safest planes to fly on. the GE and P&W engines are work horses on these jets and other aircraft and i believe the RR are just as good. boeing will find out the problem so no need to blast any engine companys.
Engine surge's happen on production engines currently being flown be the RR, GE or PW. Fortunately they do not happen often; the only reason this is news worthy is the surge happened on a new aircraft going through testing awaiting flight certification. Had it happened to an inservice aircraft it might rate a few lines in a local paper if it was a slow news day.
When RR investigates the failure it will probably turn out to be a failure of a purchase part used on the engine.
When RR investigates the failure it will probably turn out to be a failure of a purchase part used on the engine.
It's not too safe right now to board one of these 747's with the same type of engine - RR.
Sorry - there goes the stock in RR.