DISK CRACK PROMPTS CF6 SAFETY ALERT

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is urging the FAA to issue an airworthiness directive and mandate special inspection procedures for General Electric CF6-series turbofan engines because of cracks in the high-pressure compressor disks. FAA officials late last week were reviewing the...

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