Singapore Airlines Grounds Two Boeing Planes for Engine Issue
- Singapore Airlines idles two aircraft on signs of extra wear
- Development of redesigned fan will be accelerated, Rolls says
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc said it will accelerate a program to install redesigned blades on some of its Trent 1000 engines, after early wear forced Singapore Airlines Ltd. to ground two 787 aircraft using the turbines.
The latest setback for the Trent 1000 TEN, used on Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner jets, came after the U.K. engine maker sampled a small number of the global fleet that had “flown in more arduous conditions,” Rolls said Tuesday in a statement. The company said it will work closely with customers that are affected as it tests “an enhanced version of this blade.”