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NTSB: American Airlines 767 Engine Failure Attributable to Metal Fatigue
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an Investigative Update of American Airlines flight AA383, which caught fire on runway 28R at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after aborting its take-off. (airwaysmag.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
More from the Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/dramatic-ge-engine-explosion-on-boeing-767-poses-puzzle-for-investigators/
This is an incredibly well written, informative yet not hyperbolic piece of aviation journalism. Major kudos to the author for the research he put into it
So well written that it was easily translatable to portuguese.
Isn't it great to read a story without all the drama and incorrect information, and no one commenting on the "fliers"?
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Prediction: the first "fix" will be to replace the second disk at 10,000 hours instead of 15.000. This gives a margin of safety but also provides material for GE to study the disks more thoroughly to search for other hidden problems.
The alarming thing is the smaller third world carriers using equipment that ihas been used and abused (runway FOD) Taxiiways full of debris, and engines still on the pylons because operators keep demanding more extentions on cycles to squeeze more revenue out of powerplants that barely make rated power and display engine vibrations just a hair under the max! No way I'm suggesting this is the case at American, but have just seen this scenario too many times. Maybe this "on condition" inspection and life limit cycle times need to be rethought.