Safety authority and GE Aviation say Las Vegas emergency,in which plane aborted take-off, traced to compressor spool in engine used on most Boeing 777sGeneral Electric Aviation, or maker of the jet engine that caught fire on a British Airways plane taking off from Las Vegas,has said it is inspecting parts from other engines of the same types as portion of a US federal investigation.
On 8 September BA flight 2276 was on a McCarran international airport runway bound for London when the left engine burst into flames. Takeoff was aborted and all 157 passengers and 13 crew members survived; some had minor injuries.
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Source: theguardian.com