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  • QR will not accept 787s unless their GEnx engines are flaw-less...

    The CEO for Qatar Airways says the airline won't take delivery of its Boeing Co. 787 until a problem with the Dreamliner's engine is fixed, reports Reuters.

    U.S. aviation regulators have ordered inspections every 90 days of the General Electric GEnx engines that power some 787s and all 747-8s. A flaw in the GEnx engine shaft caused a failure in a 787 in July. Ultrasound inspections of 787 GEnx engines found one more with a similar flaw.

    Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said that an engine failure in Shanghai on an 747-8 with GEnx engines was not caused by the same problem. Aviation officials are still looking into that incident.

    http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...09969/0/NEWS01
    Well, they (Boeing and GE) did well at keeping those issues quite. Can anyone else shed some more light onto what's really going on?
    Whatever is necessary, is never unwise.
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