Engines
Trent 1000 Fault Forces Air New Zealand Flight Cancellations
Some 400 to 500 of the Rolls-Royce engines are affected by inadequate design of turbine blades

The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission has launched an investigation into two cases of “abnormal indications” involving Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofans that forced two Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9s to abort scheduled long-haul flights on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the latest incident, the airplane was in its climb phase when the cockpit indications of a fault in one of the engines prompted the crew to reverse thrust and turn back to Auckland. The airplane landed safely and no one suffered injuries. However, Air New Zealand has confirmed that it has had to cancel several flights until it receives spare engines from Rolls-Royce.