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This really doesn't make me feel very confident about getting on a 787 for a 14 hour flight next week.
If it has GEnx engines you have little to worry about. The easiest way to tell the difference is the GE has metal leading edges on the fan. The Trent fans are all cfrp.
https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/aeroengine-composit...
Who is responsible from a liability perspective: Boeing, Rolls Royce, or Norwegian?
This really doesn't make me feel very confident about getting on a 787 for a 14 hour flight next week.
If it has GEnx engines you have little to worry about. The easiest way to tell the difference is the GE has metal leading edges on the fan. The Trent fans are all cfrp.
This really doesn't make me feel very confident about getting on a 787 for a 14 hour flight next week.
tbf the Trent 1000 is one of two engine options on the 787; more have GE engines fitted so on the balance of probability your aircraft has a completely different engine anyway. The ability to fly for extended distances on a single engine is something modern long haul aircraft are designed for and pilots trained for, and even if it's a RR-engined aircraft you're probably more likely to have engine issues with birdstri…
I'm exaggerating a bit about my concern. I know the statistics on modern aviation safety, even with Boeing's, uh, recent track record on such things.
Frankly, in the grand scheme of things, I'm more concerned about my safety driving in Tel Aviv than I am about my flight getting there ;)
Small shards (in great numbers) that according to a witness on the ground were burning or very hot sounds a lot like (pieces of) blades from the turbine or stator/guide vanes. In both cases it's a very significant engine failure.
Given that the aircraft itself seems otherwise undamaged, and people on the ground reported it 'rained' metal shards, I'd say these parts melted off the turbine and fell out. Significant but not catastrophic.
So... not great but not horrifying?
This really doesn't make me feel very confident about getting on a 787 for a 14 hour flight next week.
Engine parts melt and fall off, and the plane doesn't seem disturbed. Awesome engineering!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it has GEnx engines you have little to worry about. The easiest way to tell the difference is the GE has metal leading edges on the fan. The Trent fans are all cfrp.
Can you tell this when booking your tickets? It isn't a detail I've seen using most travel websites or even an airline's own app.
On the bright side, Rolls seem to have sorted out most issues from the 1000 in their newer engine the XWB.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2019/08/12/norwegian... The plane in question was a 5.5-year-old Boeing 787-8 with the registration LN-LND. The parts are believed to have come from the left engine, a Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, a model that has been plagued with problems. Link about the problems: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/rolls-royce-problems-trent-100... Cracking problems in the intermediate pressure (IPT) s…
> I'm reminded of all the jokes Jeremy Clarkson makes at Rolls Royce's expense... Rolls-Royce Holdings only makes aero engines, the cars are made by BMW.
as of 1998.
Most of Clarksons' jokes are in reference to the 70s and 80s era of Rolls Royce -- which is known among auto enthusiasts as one of the least reliable group of cars to have ever existed.