When people say that boeing are "testing the Trent" I PRESUME what they mean is that they are testing the pipework arrangements associated with the Trent type of installation as the engine per se isn't (???????) at fault but its fuel feed, system. I remember from very much earlier in the thread that the Trent and GE pipework set up varies in various details.
When the AAIB and Boeing comes up with some solution to the Trent set-up then whilst that might be worth it JUST for the Trent 777s, it won't really be a full solution until the results can be extended into all aircraft and engine types.
AS AN UNINFORMED person I still find two things troubling ;
- 1: People still seem to be talking about "ice" whereas the initial reports, etc.... all SEEM to say there is insufficient water to cause the problem, so something else ("waxing" or a. n. other) might be involved. Can anyone clarify ?
- 2: IF whatever is eventually found to be the cause is a icing and/or "waxing" or whatever problem, I still find the almost simultaneous and exactly the same occurances in two separate systems amazing.
and lastly, I will be fascinating to see what the eventual fuel spec will say (or whether they will set different flight profiles for different aircraft).
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