NTSB Inspection Call Could Affect Thousands Of JT8Ds
The National Transportation Safety Board wants FAA to require immediate and periodic inspections of perhaps as many as 6,890 older Pratt&Whitney JT8D turbofan engines, to look for fatigue cracks similar to those that caused the uncontained failure of a JT8D-15 Jan. 30 on a Delta 727, forcing the...
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