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Rolls-Royce has also recommended "basic precautionary checks" be carried out on all Trent 900 engines (i.e. the model that failed)[2] [2] http://www.abc.net.au

• jrockway 16y ago
  Interestingly, Trent 895 engines were the cause of the only 777 hull-loss incident. I'm making a mental note to only fly on planes with GE engines from now on :)
  • hga 16y ago
    The blame there seems to be more that the Trent 895's fuel-oil heat exchangers (FOHE) were presented with too much ice than that the design of the engine was at fault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38#Final_report.2C_9_February_2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38#Final... "3) The FOHE, although compliant with the applicable certification requirements, was shown to be susceptible to restriction when presented with soft ice in a high concentration, with a fuel temperature that is below -10°C and a fuel flow above flight idle. 4) Certification requirements, with which the aircraft and engine fuel systems had to comply, did not take account of this phenomenon as the risk was unrecognised at that time."