Oil Fire Suspected In Trent 1000 Failure

By Guy Norris guy_norris@aviationweek.com
LOS ANGELES

New details of last month’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 uncontained failure are emerging that have impacted the Boeing 787 delivery schedule once more.

Indicators point to a fault with the oil system which led to a fire developing inside the engine and damaged not just the engine, but also the infrastructure involved in the trial ...

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