Air China grounds some 787s on Trent 1000 engine inspections

Air China has grounded some of its Boeing 787s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, which had been found to have vulcanisation and fatigue cracks in the blades of the engine’s intermediate pressure compressor. In April, Rolls-Royce warned airlines that additional checks of its Trent 1000 engine powering the 787 would be needed to better understand the durability of the Package C compressor, featured on nearly 200 787s worldwide. Air China has replaced the grounded 787s with Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-300s to operate on international routes including Beijing-Los Angeles, Beijing-New York Newark and Beijing-Singapore to avoid flight disruptions as the carrier steps up inspections of Rolls-Royce engines. Air China is the only Chinese carrier that has equipped its 787 aircraft with Rolls-Royce engines. <br/>