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LATAM Chile is In Trouble With Its Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Santiago - A Boeing 787 of LATAM Chile is proving to be the most affected aircraft by the problems of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, needing urgent repairs. (airlinerwatch.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
So....who's responsible for the problems with Boeings Rolls-Royce engines. Sounds strange to me, that with the thousands of 787s flying...Chile, who's in Frances back pocket, is having problems with BOEING's Rolls-Royce Trent engines...
Don’t worry, there are also problems with P & W engined A320 Neos!! Lots of aborted takeoffs and in-flight shutdowns. So much so that the European EASA has issued an AD for those. Equal opportunity problems........
Yeah, they did that with WWII badly damaged aircraft too. Coming back from the battlefield!...........
Back in the 90's and forward the 757 with Rolls engines were the preferred ones (43,000 thrust). The Trent may just have some sorting out to do. When the RB211 first came out it was a 75 hour TBO engine. Jets are complicated.
Having flown RR-powered 757s myself both domestically and internationally, I can attest to that!
from a news reportThe engine maker is designing a new intermediate pressure compressor (IPC) blade for Trent 1000 engines in the Package C configuration. The IPC blades came under scrutiny some 15 months ago after an engine failure on board a Scoot 787-9. Singapore's Transport Safety investigation Bureau found that two other shutdowns on Scoot 787-9s were linked to IPC failures probably caused by material fatigue.
Rolls-Royce has also, since 2016, been replacing the blades in the intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) module of the Trent 1000 after All Nippon Airways reported a series of engine failures. The engine maker traced the cause of that problem back to sulphidation corrosion cracking
from a RR engineer friend of mine; RR trying to make the Trent 1000 more efficient and handle the additional power (electric) of the Boeing 787- Dreamliner changed their traditional engine design so the IP would be providing more power.sulphidation corrosion Probably from too much salty air
Rolls-Royce has also, since 2016, been replacing the blades in the intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) module of the Trent 1000 after All Nippon Airways reported a series of engine failures. The engine maker traced the cause of that problem back to sulphidation corrosion cracking
from a RR engineer friend of mine; RR trying to make the Trent 1000 more efficient and handle the additional power (electric) of the Boeing 787- Dreamliner changed their traditional engine design so the IP would be providing more power.sulphidation corrosion Probably from too much salty air