Turbine rear frame strut cracks ground five Swissair A320/A321s

Five Swissair Airbus A320-series jetliners are temporarily grounded after technicians uncovered cracks in the turbine rear frame struts during routine inspections of CFM56-5B medium turbofans powering the planes, officials with Swissair and CFM International partner General Electric confirmed...

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