Old 777 GE-90 engines to be checked
FAA orders checks on a handful of 777 engines | The Seattle Times
FAA orders checks on a handful of 777 engines
Originally published January 11, 2016 at 3:28 pm
Following an uncontained engine failure and fire as a British Airways 777 jet took off in Las Vegas last September, the Federal Aviation Administration is initially mandating inspections of a small number of in-service engines. These are expected to be completed this week.
By
Dominic Gates
Seattle Times aerospace reporter
Following an uncontained engine failure and fire as a Boeing-built British Airways 777 jet took off in Las Vegas last September, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is initially mandating inspections of just six specific engines of similar age, configuration and usage flying in the U.S.
The engine involved in this first uncontained failure of any GE-90 was one of the first built for the initial 777s after 1995.
About 400 engines of this early GE-90 type are now in service on 167 airplanes. More recently built 777s have a different configuration.