Public help sought to find fallen SWISS A220 engine parts
French investigators are seeking assistance to locate engine parts which they believe fell from an Airbus A220-300 as it passed over the east of the country last month. The SWISS aircraft had been operating the LX348 service to London Heathrow from Geneva July 25. While climbing through 32,000ft the aircraft suffered a mechanical failure of its left-hand Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine. The crew shut down the powerplant, says French investigation authority BEA, and diverted to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Inspection of the aircraft subsequently determined that the stage one rotor of its low-pressure compressor was missing. BEA is putting out a public call for witnesses in an effort to find missing parts of the engine which, it say, may have fallen into a forest area some 190km south-east of Paris. <br/>
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Public help sought to find fallen SWISS A220 engine parts
French investigators are seeking assistance to locate engine parts which they believe fell from an Airbus A220-300 as it passed over the east of the country last month. The SWISS aircraft had been operating the LX348 service to London Heathrow from Geneva July 25. While climbing through 32,000ft the aircraft suffered a mechanical failure of its left-hand Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine. The crew shut down the powerplant, says French investigation authority BEA, and diverted to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Inspection of the aircraft subsequently determined that the stage one rotor of its low-pressure compressor was missing. BEA is putting out a public call for witnesses in an effort to find missing parts of the engine which, it say, may have fallen into a forest area some 190km south-east of Paris. <br/>
