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Originally Posted by Skybird
A dated engine, TV analysis said over here. Not the first of its kind that fell apart in midair, they said. There have been others - plural -before.
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Tv analysis isn't worth anything. Guarantee that whoever was the reporter knows little too nothing about aviation.
Engines undergo a routine series of inspections and overhauls, as does the airframe and systems.
Engine inspections typically occur every couple of thousand hours of operation. There is now an emergency inspection order issued by the FAA on PW4000 engines and I expect other civil aviation authorities have done the same.
The ridiculousness of the uninformed reporters is evident - there was a story of a 747-400F dropping parts of an engine in the Netherlands and they reported it as "Just like in Denver..."
No, it's nothing like in Denver - the 74F uses CF6, RB211, or PW4056 engines, not PW4000-112s like the 772. And as a cargo carrier, they are operating under a different set of regulations than when carrying meat...