Report: A12O0074, B773 engine failure during take-off, Toronto Canada, 28 May 2012
Report: A12O0074, B773 engine failure during take-off, Toronto Canada, 28 May 2012
On 28 May 2012 a GE90-powered Air Canada Boeing 777-300 experienced sudden failure of the right engine during the initial climb after take off. There were no indications of associated engine fire and the failed engine was secured, fuel jettisoned and a return to land made. The Investigation found that the failure was related to a known manufacturing defect which was being controlled by repetitive boroscope inspections, the most recent of which was suspected not to have identified deterioration in the affected part of the engine.






