FAA gives green light to revised fan blade tests for General Electric GEnx engine for Boeing 787

The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved plans by General Electric to conduct the critical fan blade-off tests for the GEnx engine for the Boeing 787 which involves detaching the blade further along its length, rather than right at the root as in normal blade-off tests.

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