Originally Posted by
MAINJAFAD
The thing only had a scheduled flying life of 10 years with 8 good engines, so to get 7 years out of it on only 5 is not bad going (they had already had one engine removed from service due to excessive metal chips in the engine oil found during routine maintenance before they FOD'ed the two in May 2012).
Pleming stated in Flypast this month that the airframe still has another 7 years of fatigue life left on it. It's engines that is the major problem.