Some Boeing 787 turbine blades can crack within 1,000 flights: Chinese study
The paper, by Xia Xiaofeng of Xiamen Airlines, ran in the September issue of the Chinese aviation industry journal Aviation Maintenance & Engineering, the South China Morning Post reported this month. It examined first-stage high-pressure turbine blades in the Phase 2 and Phase 2+ configurations of GE’s GEnx-1B, one of the 787’s two engine options … Read more