Boeing issued a short statement on the ‘Package A’ Trent 1000 engine failure in Derby:
Boeing is actively participating in the investigation into this event with Rolls-Royce. There has been no impact on the flight test program to date as a result of this event.
While the statement reiterates what Rolls-Royce said earlier in the week about the investigation, Boeing places a significant qualifier on any impact to 787 flight test with the worlds “to date“. Package B Trent 1000 engines have yet to fly on ZA004, which is currently undergoing flight loads survey in Victorville, California.
An investigation will yield whether or not the failure, still believed to have been uncontained, was a one-off event or a systemic event, though Rolls-Royce’s comment suggesting “a modification is already in place for later engines” points to an issue with the early Trent 1000s.
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