US investigators probing a landing overrun which badly damaged a Falcon 10 have determined that the thrust-reversers did not deploy, because the jet was wrongly configured during approach. The inquiry ...
Preliminary investigation into the AirACT Boeing 747-400 freighter excursion at Hong Kong have found that, after touchdown, forward thrust increased on the outboard right-hand engine – the ...
That said, the engine did not force Airbus to scrap a finished jet and start over. The more accurate story is more interesting. Airbus and Rolls-Royce developed the airplane and engine in parallel, ...