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Pratt Engine Flaw to Idle Hundreds of A320 Planes for Years
- Average of 350 aircraft parked per year through 2026
- Company sees up to $3.5 billion earnings hit on quality lapse
An attendee looks at a model of a Pratt & Whitney engine at the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK.
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RTX Corp. dramatically expanded the scope of required engine checks at its Pratt & Whitney unit, a move that will affect nearly its entire fleet of turbines powering Airbus SE’s latest A320 and ground hundreds of the single-aisle jets for months.
About 3,000 Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines must be removed over the next three years to check for potentially flawed components made from contaminated metal powder, RTX said Monday. That represents most of the roughly 3,200 GTF engines currently in service on the jets.