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Monday, May 19, 2014

UPDATE: Pratt&Whitney 1500G Test Engine for Bombardier C-Series Fire?

At the time the article below was published, everyone had stopped talking, which is typically a bad sign, especially when initial witness reports are subsequently recanted or disavowed.  Hard to tell as of this article what may have happened, but if I find something newer that provides more details you will see an update.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Mishap+test+flight+under+investigation/9787709/story.html

UPDATE: The link below has a bit more information.  Apparently the engine that was being tested was not the version used in the C-Series, nor was it ever on fire, at least according to this report.  We will keep watching this one.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/30/united-tech-prattwhitney-fire-idUSL2N0NM1FV20140430


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