Engine Alliance GP7000 -AFA380

[Ed P]

The French chose an American engine for their Air France fleet (as did Etihad, Qater, Korean Air and Emirates). Although for some unknown reason UK papers do not make it clear, it was an Engine Alliance GP7200 that suffered the recent catastrophic failure over Greenland link. It was NOT a Rolls-Royce Trent engine. The reporting has been very strange on this incident. Had it been an Rolls-Royce Trent -900 the papers would have been full of doom and gloom about the impact on British manufacturing. As it was – total silence. I smell the editorial taint of murky dog!

Given the height and location of the failure this was probably not an external event such as a bird strike but a failure in either design, manufacturing or inspection. Whatever it was the passengers and crew were very lucky not to have joined the list of aircraft missing due to unknown causes.

(I included design as the engine shrouding is supposed to FULLY contain such an incident – it isn’t supposed to pepper the wing with shrapnel.)

[Bob Williams]

Well reported Ed. As you say, had it been a RR Trent engine, the British papers and BBC would have been crying doom on one of Britain’s successful industries. My BIL used to work for RR, but left to become a copper. He says because he wanted more money for a growing family, but I learned the truth from a former workmate of his, met by accident on holiday: BIL was just not skillful enough nor qualified, to be accepted for the engine plant.

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