FAA, NTSB AT ODDS OVER CF6 FATIGUE CRACKS
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is urging the FAA to tighten inspection of General Electric CF6-series engines to prevent uncontained failures caused by fatigue cracking in the high-pressure compressor spool. The safety board and the FAA disagree about how often the stage 3-9 high...
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