Pratt&Whitney Still Probing Airbus A330 Engine Nut Problem

Preliminary analysis by Pratt&Whitney has not turned up any obvious clues that would explain why several in-service Airbus A330s powered by its PW4000-series engines turned up with cracked nuts on engine mount bolts. The U.S. enginemaker has looked at some of the problem nuts, and they "meet...

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