China Airlines 747 Fire Results In Renewed Call For CF6 Modification

General Electric (GE) increased the urgency of recommended modifications to CF6-80C2 fuel manifolds after the problem addressed by previous retrofits was implicated in an engine fire on a CF6-80C2B1F-powered Boeing 747-400F at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) earlier this year, a...

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