BA, China Southern Pull GE90s For Manifold Fatigue

GE90 operators British Airways and China Southern this week had to pull a combined five engines powering Boeing 777 widebody twins from service after discovering early fatigue problems with bleed air manifolds in the high-pressure compressor, AP has learned. China Southern only pulled one engine...

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