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Dreamliner engine trouble prompts ANA to check entire fleet
ANA HOLDINGS, the world's biggest Dreamliner operator, is checking the aircraft's Rolls-Royce power plants after an incident when one plane had to return to the airport because of engine trouble.
Japan's largest airline, with a fleet of 50 Dreamliners, has cancelled nine flights and may have to scrap more than 300 more, said ANA deputy vice president Takeo Kikuchi.
ANA said it is changing medium pressure turbine blades on the planes, Mr Kikuchi said, reported Bloomberg News.
This problem, ANA's most serious since the 2013 global grounding of the entire Dreamliner fleet, came to the fore after finding corrosion on the turbine blades that had led to an aircraft having to shut down its engine.
That jet had to return to Kuala Lumpur airport after receiving a warning that the temperature of the exhaust gas from its right engine was too high.
ANA encountered the issue of corrosion in turbine blades thrice since February, Mr Kikuchi said. Rolls-Royce will start supplying ANA with modified versions of the turbine blades from January and the carrier will replace the current blades in all its planes, Mr Kikuchi said.
Japan's largest airline, with a fleet of 50 Dreamliners, has cancelled nine flights and may have to scrap more than 300 more, said ANA deputy vice president Takeo Kikuchi.
ANA said it is changing medium pressure turbine blades on the planes, Mr Kikuchi said, reported Bloomberg News.
This problem, ANA's most serious since the 2013 global grounding of the entire Dreamliner fleet, came to the fore after finding corrosion on the turbine blades that had led to an aircraft having to shut down its engine.
That jet had to return to Kuala Lumpur airport after receiving a warning that the temperature of the exhaust gas from its right engine was too high.
ANA encountered the issue of corrosion in turbine blades thrice since February, Mr Kikuchi said. Rolls-Royce will start supplying ANA with modified versions of the turbine blades from January and the carrier will replace the current blades in all its planes, Mr Kikuchi said.
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