Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft…
The FAA has issued a proposed airworthiness directive for the Prat & Whitney PW1100G engines that power the Airbus A320neo family. Engines for the A220 (nee C Series), Embraer E2 jets, and Mitsubishi SpaceJets are not impacted by this AD.…
Two recent uncontained failures on Pratt & Whitney PW1524-engines on SWISS Airbus A220-300s have prompted the FAA to issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for extra inspection of these Geared Turbofans. The AD also includes the PW-1900 as used on the…
Hawaiian Airlines is a good example of an airline that deploys “middle of the market” sized aircraft. They have a small high-frequency short-haul fleet for inter-island traffic. But island to mainland service is a good place for a middle of…
What has caused the fan hub and fan case to detach from engine 4 on Air France A380 F-HPJE over Greenland on September 30, 2017? French and Danish accident investigators have been going at length to identify the cause and…
Every airshow seems to have a theme – last year at Farnborough it was all about additive manufacturing. This year at Paris it was all about electric. While there was a lot of excitement about the emerging electric engine technology,…