Rolls-Royce Trent engine programme incurs more costs

Rolls-Royce is expected to incur further costs on its troublesome Trent 1000 engine programme, after discovering new issues with the latest variant of the turbine powering Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. The engine maker, which is facing a bill of close to GBP1b in cash to resolve turbine blade problems on the Trent 900 and 1000, will now have to address issues with the Trent 1000 TEN, which entered service in November. The news is the latest blow in a 2-year saga of spiralling issues on the Trent 1000 engine. Turbine blades have been corroding and cracking on certain variants of the engine, prompting a huge schedule of repairs. The company has told the 12 airline customers using the Trent 1000 TEN that within a year of entering service the engine will have to be taken off wing and parts replaced. <br/>