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The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate a Boeing 787 engine issue that may have sparked a grass fire Saturday at Charleston International Airport.More >>
The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate a Boeing 787 engine issue that may have sparked a grass fire Saturday at Charleston International Airport.More >>
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The National
Transportation Safety Board says investigators will dismantle the engine
from a Boeing 787 that failed during a taxi test last weekend.
The NTSB said that
as a result of the Saturday failure, debris fell on the runway and
ignited a brush fire that temporarily closed Charleston International
Airport. There were no injuries.
The engine was made by General Electric.
The agency announced an
NTSB aircraft engine expert and a metallurgist from its materials lab
will travel to a General Electric plant in Cincinnati. There, they will
take apart and examine the engine that caused the problem.
The Boeing plant that
manufactures the 787 opened last year. Earlier this year, the first
plane made at the plant was rolled out and made successful test flights.
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