GE engines on Boeing 777 need fix

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http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/16/news/companies/boeing-777-engines/index.html?iid=SF_BN_River



GE has warned airlines that some of its engines on the Boeing 777 have a problem that can cause engines to shutdown in flight.

GE engines on Boeing 777 need fix
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney
May 16, 2013: 10:32 AM ET

General Electric is warning airlines using its jet engines on their Boeing 777s that they need to make a fix, following two incidents in which engines shutdown in flight.

GE said the problem with with a gearbox inside 118 of the engines that were built between September 2012 to March 2013. The engine maker said there were two in-flight shutdowns of the engines due to gear separation within the gearbox, one on an Aeroflot flight in February, the other on an Air China flight on May 9.

In both cases, the aircraft were able to continue flying using the power in the other engine. But GE said there are 25 jets in service that have the suspect gearbox in both of their engines, and those jets will need to be grounded and fixed in the next five days to avoid the risk of both engines shutting down during a flight.

The other planes with the suspect gearbox only have them in one of their engines.

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1. So incredibly lucky that the two failures were in planes with only one faulty engine

Now the problem can be fixed and no lives were lost.