Issues with some Dreamliners engines? (But not UA's?)
Apr 19, 2018, 8:19 pm
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Issues with some Dreamliners engines? (But not UA's?)
Just read this - sounds like Dreamliners can’t do trans Oceanic flights as of today??
Engine on Southwest Jet Not the Only One to Develop Cracks - The New York Times https://apple.news/AtW9ujgkFQFWRYit8F96aTw
Apr 19, 2018, 8:26 pm
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Just read this - sounds like Dreamliners can’t do trans Oceanic flights as of today??
Engine on Southwest Jet Not the Only One to Develop Cracks - The New York Times https://apple.news/AtW9ujgkFQFWRYit8F96aTw
UA's webpage says that they use GE engines on the 787-8 and 787-9:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...0/default.aspx
Propulsion: Two General Electric GEnx engines.
Apr 19, 2018, 8:37 pm
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Just read this - sounds like Dreamliners can’t do trans Oceanic flights as of today??
Engine on Southwest Jet Not the Only One to Develop Cracks - The New York Times https://apple.news/AtW9ujgkFQFWRYit8F96aTw
Apr 19, 2018, 8:38 pm
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Yes, the RR-engined 787s have been causing quite the headache for NZ though.
Apr 19, 2018, 8:40 pm
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Pretty sure the Trent 1000 story is last week's news. But UA's 787s are GEnX powered so no restriction to either ETOPS or overall operations.
Last edited by gmt4; Apr 19, 2018 at 8:42 pm Reason: spelling
Apr 19, 2018, 8:55 pm
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Thanks
i read that the engines were made by 3 different manufacturers - but they meant the RR was being built in 3 different factories? I read it as 3 different companies - including GE. Sorry.
Apr 19, 2018, 9:35 pm
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No, you still misunderstood. The 3 different engines that had problems by 3 different manufacturers are RR Trent 1000 (B787), CFM International's CFM 56-7B (Southwest's B737), and GE's CF6-80C (AA's B767).
Apr 19, 2018, 9:41 pm
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Also, I'm not sure if UA dispatches the 787 beyond 180 min ETOPS at the moment.
Apr 19, 2018, 9:44 pm
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Hopefully thread-title will be modified by mods to reflect that this is NOT effecting United in the sense of grounding planes.
Apr 19, 2018, 9:49 pm
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Mods please delete
Sorry - please delete thread. I jumped to the wrong conclusion. Thanks!
Just hopefully the title is modified to avoid incorrect initial impressions.
Apr 19, 2018, 9:58 pm
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As UA is not involved, will close the thread (with modified title).
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Follow up, article by AirWatch states
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Follow up, article by AirWatch states
"No American airline operates Boeing 787s with affected engines," the FAA said
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Apr 20, 2018 at 9:33 am Reason: FAA statement
May 10, 2018, 8:03 am
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UA Affected by 787 Engine Issues?
What it says on the tin. I'm not enough of an aviation geek to know who picked which engine option(s), so does anyone know if UA went with the Rolls Royce option that is suddenly on the "naughty list"?
May 10, 2018, 8:08 am
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May 10, 2018, 10:26 am
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AC/AA/UA are all using GE engines.