Power Puzzle
Author: Guy Norris, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 27, Issue 4, Fall 2013
Doc ID: 2013037
Year of Publication: 2013
Abstract:
Could there be any connection between the end of the summer vacation period in Italy last year and the unexpected diversion of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER on
July 2 to a remote airport in Russia?
This might sound like the unlikely plot line of a modern-day detective story, but it is one line of inquiry General Electric is pursuing as it investigates a puzzling string of transfer-gearbox failures this year on its otherwise reliable
GE90-115B engine. The latest incident, which occurred as the Korean Air aircraft was flying from Chicago to Incheon, followed virtually identical failures on other 777s earlier this year.
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