On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration and European airline regulators ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700
aircraft engines similar to the one involved in a fatal Southwest engine blowout earlier this week.
Not exact matches
Southwest Airlines is racing to do an inspection of all of the
engines in its
aircraft similar to the one that exploded Tuesday, resulting in several injuries and the death of a New Mexico woman following an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
Virgin Atlantic airline announced that early this year it will conduct the first flight test of a biodiesel — petroleum diesel blend in one of the four
engines of a 747
aircraft; Air New Zealand is planning a
similar test flight on a Rolls Royce
engine in one of its 747s later in the year.
[7][48] Honda claims that the combination of lightweight materials, aerodynamics and efficient
engines gives the HondaJet up to 20 % better fuel efficiency than
similar aircraft.
Beyond the clear links to the truncated military jet
engine and atomized passenger
aircraft on display, the buried plane connects to other works that share a
similar conceptual framework.
Some
similar steps have also happened at airports where planes are driven to and from gates by efficient land vehicles instead of using
aircraft engines.