This is the case with the steam turbine in the Sandvik 3 power plant in the Swedish city of Vaxjö, which Doosan Škoda Power engineers from Pilsen examined during an annual inspection visit.

It released a photograph of a jagged and bent piece of turbine disc from the Trent 900 engine and asked that anyone who might have found a similar piece should hand it to police.

A high-pressure turbine disk in the Boeing 767’s right engine broke into four pieces, which shot out of the engine’s housing. Investigators have recovered about 90 percent of the disk, and an ...

If any cracking is indicated on the seal fins, the disc parts must be replaced. EASA warns that the condition could lead to propagation of cracking, possible low-pressure turbine disc failure, and ...

EASA’s proposed airworthiness directive (AD), issued July 6, calls for operators of Boeing 787s with Trent 1000 “Package C” variants to inspect LPT stage 3 and 4 disc seal fins for cracks.