Boeing 787 operators struggling with Rolls-Royce engine issues have suffered a further blow after the FAA limited overwater operations for aircraft powered by certain Trent 1000 engines. In an airworthiness directive aimed at 787-8/9 aircraft with Package C variants of the engine that have completed more than 300 cycles, the FAA limits operations to a maximum of 140 minutes’ flying time from the nearest diversion airport. The FAA’s previous limit was 330 minutes. The new AD took ...
