GE90 may need more tests to win early ETOPS

Officials on the FAA's Reliability Assessment Board - the body that gives thumbs-up or down to enginemakers' requests for extended twin operations (ETOPS) clearance - will probably give General Electric the go- ahead this month to begin its crucial 1,000-cycle flight test series on the GE90, but...

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