Rolls begins lube system refit to restore A330s to flight

European airworthiness authorities agreed Tuesday to a Rolls-Royce plan to adopt the Trent 800 engine's gearbox lubrication scheme to the Trent 700 after a string of inflight shutdowns blamed on the gearbox led Airbus A330 operators Cathay Pacific and Dragonair to ground their fleets over the...

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