Does anyone out there remember when CFM56s used to pack up in heavy precipitation? Air Europe had a double hush going into Thessaloniki one night with a 737-300 but managed to get at least one of them going again before they hit anything serious.
The company I was flying for at the time had the odd DC-8-73. One night one of my mates had three out of the four fail on him on the way into Miami in similar circumstances.
Can anyone out there tell me what was the "fix". The CFM56 has now become one of the most successful engines ever built so it would be interesting to know how it went from being a disaster to becoming a legend.