Suspect JT8D-200 fan hubs are removed from service
FAN HUBS FROM six Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines have been removed from service after it was determined that they have the same manufacturing defect believed to have caused the uncontained failure on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on 7 July. The 25mm-long fatigue crack, which caused the ...
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