FAA Prepares Imminent AD on GEnx Engines
A Boeing 747-8 operated by Volga-Dnepr subsidiary AirBridgeCargo experienced an engine failure during a takeoff roll in Shanghai on September 11.
A Boeing 747-8 operated by Volga-Dnepr subsidiary AirBridgeCargo experienced an engine failure during a takeoff roll in Shanghai on September 11.

GE expects the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) detailing inspection intervals for GEnx engines “within a day or two,” following the latest contained failure of a GEnx-2B in Shanghai, China.