<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
The CX incident seems to have been blown out of proportion more than it was if the failure was contained? The NZ 767 indicent was rather severe with engine, wing and engine mount perforations. Was this the same type of incident (and engine) that resulted in the US 762 being written off? </font>
The CX incident was blown way out of proportion. The flight suffered a simple inflight shutdown and didn't even divert, but rather continued on to its destination of JFK where it was fixed and returned home within 2 days.
Yes, the NZ and US incidents were with the same type of engine and aircraft.