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Old 10-26-2018 | 06:51 AM
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Andy
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Originally Posted by Sunvox
The RR engines on the 787 have some kind of severe design flaw. The current owners are restricted from certain ETOPs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...engine-variant
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...s-powered-787s

Who knows, maybe the flaw gives UAL an out on their contract?
Bolding mine.
No, the A350's RR engines are Trent XWB.
The problem RR engines on the 787 are Trent 1000.

The XWB is a variant of the 1000 but I haven't read of any A350 engine issues. Yet. But it's too early to tell.


Edit: just found this article indicating that there's been an A350 engine shutdown. It also talks about the 787 problems. https://www.godsavethepoints.com/201...engine-issues/
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