India grounds all Airbus A320neos with faulty Pratt engine
India grounded all Airbus narrow-body planes powered by the latest Pratt & Whitney engines, taking unilateral action to remove the aircraft from the country’s skies after a series of in-flight incidents. A320neos with even one Pratt engine featuring a seal found to cause vibrations are no longer allowed to fly, India’s DGCA said Monday. The action is at odds with EASA, the primary regulator for Airbus planes, which repeated guidance that the jets are safe if they have a single affected turbine. The Indian move immediately grounded 8 aircraft at IndiGo and 3 at GoAirlines. It comes after 3 in-service shutdowns of aircraft with one PW1100 engine featuring the seal, 2 of which occurred in the past week, according to the DGCA. The glitch with the so called knife-edge compressor seal is the latest in a series of expensive problems for Pratt. <br/>
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India grounds all Airbus A320neos with faulty Pratt engine
India grounded all Airbus narrow-body planes powered by the latest Pratt & Whitney engines, taking unilateral action to remove the aircraft from the country’s skies after a series of in-flight incidents. A320neos with even one Pratt engine featuring a seal found to cause vibrations are no longer allowed to fly, India’s DGCA said Monday. The action is at odds with EASA, the primary regulator for Airbus planes, which repeated guidance that the jets are safe if they have a single affected turbine. The Indian move immediately grounded 8 aircraft at IndiGo and 3 at GoAirlines. It comes after 3 in-service shutdowns of aircraft with one PW1100 engine featuring the seal, 2 of which occurred in the past week, according to the DGCA. The glitch with the so called knife-edge compressor seal is the latest in a series of expensive problems for Pratt. <br/>
