“signs of wear” on A350 engines

British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday it had discovered “signs of wear” sure “a small number“Of engines that equip certain Airbus A350 aircraft, and will inspect similar engines”as a precaution».

«During routine inspections»The engine manufacturer says he has«identified signs of wear in the intermediate compressor of a small number of engines that have been in service for four or five years and are approaching their first overhaul“, A little more than 100 devices, notes the group in a press release.

He specifies that the engines concerned have not recorded any particular problems in flight but that he inspects “all other Trent XWB-84 engines with similar lifespan as a precaution“. However, it does not provide for “significant disruption for customers or significant annual costBecause of these reviews. The Trent XWB-84 is the engine that exclusively equips A350 XWB wide-body aircraft.

«Engines now to be overhauled have traveled the equivalent of 350 times around the world, with no occurrence of unscheduled maintenance“Due to an incident, said Chris Cholerton, president of the civil aerospace branch of Rolls-Royce, quoted in the press release.

The group wants to be all the more reassuring that it has spent billions of dollars to solve a series of problems on the Trent 1000 engine used on the Dreamliner 787.

However, this is a new blow for the engine manufacturer, already hit hard by a major civil aviation crisis in the wake of the coronavirus and which has notably announced 9,000 job cuts.

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