The British Airways Boeing 777 GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported. The US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) second update on the engine failure, released Oct. 6, pinpointed the specific location of the failure, which sparked a fire that forced the 777’s pilots to abort a takeoff. NTSB investigators disassembled the GE90 engine at GE Aviation’s facility in Evandale, Ohio.
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