Boeing 787 Engine Inquiry in U.S. Finds Fractured Shaft

Damage to a spinning shaft inside a General Electric Co. jet engine was uncovered by U.S. investigators probing a malfunction that spewed hot shards of metal during a test run of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it’s looking for the cause of the fracture in an engine component called the fan mid-shaft. Tokyo-based IHI Corp., the supplier, is assisting in the inquiry along with specialists from GE and Boeing, Rick Kennedy, a GE spokesman, said yesterday in an e-mail.
First-flight preparations were under way on a 787 due for delivery to Air India when the incident occurred July 28 near Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina, factory. The debris ignited a brush fire and shut Charleston International Airport for an hour, and the NTSB began an investigation three days later.
09/08/12 Tim Catts, Susanna Ray and Alan Levin/Bloomberg/SFGate

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