Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) has started operating a new engine test cell facility.
"The 120,000lb jet engine test cell facility" at Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport has started operations, says CAL.
"It is capable of not only supporting CAL's current fleet" but also engines for larger aircraft such as the Airbus A380, it adds.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Boeing is under fire for releasing information about safety incidents still under investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board, including details the agency describes as inaccurate.
The application seeks protection for a unique propulsion architecture Boom CEO Scholl says could power a supersonic passenger aircraft coming after the company’s now-in-development design, called Overture.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says Boeing “blatantly violated NTSB investigative regulations” when it publicly disclosed information relevant to the investigation of the 5 January Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 door-plug blowout.
