FAA Flags Fuel Blockage Risk On Rolls-Powered 787s

Trent 1000
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 on wing.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is developing software to address a “design issue” that puts certain Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s at risk of fuel flow restrictions under certain conditions. In the meantime, operators are being told to follow revised refueling limitations that raise minimum temperatures. The FAA in a...

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