Bombardier Confirms Engine Incident on CSeries FTV1
An engine on CSeries FTV1 has halted progress on the flight-test program.
Bombardier has collected firm orders for 243 CSeries narrowbodies. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier has collected firm orders for 243 CSeries narrowbodies. (Photo: Bombardier)

One of the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G turbofans installed on the first Bombardier CSeries flight-test vehicle suffered an unspecified “incident” late on Thursday afternoon during stationary ground maintenance testing at Bombardier’s facilities in Mirabel, Quebec, the airframe manufacturer confirmed on Friday.