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MRO

777 shutdown
Shortly after take-off from Toronto
Airport, the GE90-115B of an Air
Canada Boeing 777-300ER suffered
an “unspecified turbine failure”
in the turbine section, which led
to media reports of debris from
the engine falling on surrounding
neighbourhoods. ATC informed the
crew that part of one of the engine
cowlings had been discovered on
the ground. However, Canadian
transportation safety investigators
reported that a superficial examination
showed no indications of damage
to the inlet or fan. The GE90 high-
thrust variant is currently subject
to a number of turbine-related
airworthiness directives. One of these
relates to the Stage 6 low-pressure
turbine, possibly the part that failed in
this instance.

Finnair opts for Ameco

Finnair has signed up with Ameco
Beijing’s Chongqing facility to support
its A330 flights to the airport. With
four flights a week, Finnair adds
to Ameco’s list of international
customers – both TNT and Qatar use
Aeroflot gets Chinese the MRO supplier already. This adds to
Finnair’s links to Ameco, as it already
check uses their facilities at Guangzhou
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services and Shanghai. The joint Air China/
notched up the 10th base maintenance Lufthansa enterprise is expanding
check for Aeroflot’s Boeing 767 fleet at rapidly into the China aviation market Root of the problem
Shanghai Pudong Airport. Under a five- with line maintenance and letter Airbus and the European Aviation
year maintenance agreement, Boeing check offerings over 60 airlines at Safety Agency (EASA) have reached
Shanghai has completed C-checks, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, the final stage of consultation looking
pylon modifications and full painting for Tianjin, Qingdao and Chengdu. for a solution and final fix for the
Aeroflot’s nine 767-300ERs. “We are wing root rib crack problem on the
very grateful for the confidence Aeroflot A380. Both retrofit and forward-fit rib
has placed in our team,” said Bernard feet are subject to an EASA advisory
Hensey, CEO of Boeing Shanghai. With a on the rectification of the issue in
total of 29 base maintenance procedures the non-critical parts. According to
completed on 767s for nine domestic head of A380 product marketing,
and international customers, Boeing is Richard Carcaillet, the company is
now one of the largest MRO operations looking for a confirmation of retrofit
in south-eastern China. The facility was certification some time in Q3-Q4
established in 2006 as a joint venture of this year, which should lead to the
Boeing, Shanghai Airport Authorities first implementations of the EASA-
and China Eastern Airlines. approved fix early next year.

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