EASA plans to mandate inspections of certain Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 low-pressure turbine (LPT) discs following word from the manufacturer that contact between the parts and nearby seals can lead ...

The uncontained failure of a General Electric CF6-80A2 powering an Air New Zealand (ANZ) Boeing 767 last week was the first suspected turbine disc burst on a CF6-80A.

GE's service bulletin, issued in late June, recommends that airlines perform ultrasonic inspections at regular shop visits on all CF6-80C2 first and second stage high-pressure turbine disks ...

For the CF6-80 engine models like the one in the Oct. 28 explosion, the FAA in 2009 ordered additional inspections of all critical rotating parts, including the two high-pressure turbine disks.