Dreamliners’ Longest Trips Face Curbs Because of Rolls-Royce Engine Issues
- FAA expected to impose limits on long-distance flights
- Europe is requiring stepped-up inspections of Trent 1000s
A visitor takes a photograph of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Hyderabad, India.
Photographer: Dhiraj SIngh/Bloomberg
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About a quarter of Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners in service face restrictions on long-range flights as regulators respond to mushrooming problems with a Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engine.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is expected early next week to curb the travel time that Dreamliners powered by a Trent 1000 variant are allowed to be away from the nearest airport, said a person briefed on the matter. The European Aviation Safety Agency on Friday required the equivalent of monthly inspections for the turbine, which debuted four years ago with Boeing’s 787-9.