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FAA Orders Inspection Of GE CF6  
User currently offlineTEDSKI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (12 years 9 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 847 times:

Read in the aviation news section that the FAA ordered all US airlines that have GE CF6 engines on their aircraft to inspect them for possible cracks in the engine spools. These cracks if not detected may cause an uncontained engine failure to occur.

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User currently offlineCba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (12 years 9 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 813 times:

What Aircraft are the CF6's on?

User currently offlineCstarU From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (12 years 9 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 807 times:

Almost all widebody jets.

User currently offlineOH-LGA From Denmark, joined Oct 1999, 1428 posts, RR: 22
Reply 3, posted (12 years 9 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 811 times:

I know they are on many MD-11's, all 4 of Finnair's MD-11 aircraft are GE CF6-80C2D1F engines... of course airlines outside of the US usually follow orders given by the FAA to US airlines, so I'm assuming Finnair mechanics (including you, Antti?) will be checking them quite soon.

Moi,
Kai


Head in the clouds... yet feet planted firmly on the ground.
User currently offlineTEDSKI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (12 years 9 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 802 times:

The widebody aircraft that the GE CF6 is on depending on the airline are the 747, 767, A300, A310, A330, DC-10 & MD-11. American Airlines has the GE CF6 on all of their widebody fleet except the 777. Wonder if this will delay many of their operations. Many major European airlines have this engine on the widebody aircraft.
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