Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 28/08/2018

General Electric Issues Airworthiness Directive for Certain Turbofan Engines

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted a new airworthiness directive (AD) for specific General Electric Company (GE) turbofan engines, following an uncontained failure of a high-pressure turbine stage 2 disk that resulted in a fire, requiring ultrasonic inspection of stage 1 and 2 disks to address an unsafe condition.