FAA Mandates Trent 800 Reverser-Wall Modification

Credit: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
The FAA has mandated Boeing-recommended steps to inspect and, if needed, replace thrust-reverser inner walls on Rolls Royce Trent 800s engines to prevent thermal damage that, in the worst cases, led to two inflight diversions. Boeing learned more than a decade ago that the composite thrust-reverser...

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