QATAR WON'T TAKE BOEING 787S UNTIL ENGINE FAULT FIXED
Doha / London (Reuters) - Qatar Airways will not take delivery of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner until an engine defect is modified, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Qatar has placed orders for 60 Dreamliners - 30 firm and an option for 30 more - and selected General Electric Co.'s new-generation GEnx engine for the aircraft.
"The 787 has an engine with new technology. However, there has been a material defect in the engine which now needs replacement and inspection," Al-Baker said after a speech in the Qatari capital Doha.
GE, the world's largest maker of jet engines, said last month it was investigating a second failure of the GEnx jet engine after a Boeing freighter aircraft aborted a takeoff in China.
It was the second incident involving a GEnx engine since July, when an engine on a jet being tested before delivery in South Carolina failed, causing a fire in grass near the runway.
02/10/2012 : Regan Doherty and Rhys Jones / Reuters.
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