Thousands of holidaymakers face woes due to engine troubles on five British Airways Boeing jets
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THOUSANDS of holidaymakers face woes due to engine troubles on five British Airways jets. The airline axed flights from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi last month over engine issues on one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Sun can now reveal a further four planes of the same type have been taken out of use over the same problems with Rolls-Royce engines.
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BA bosses now fear thousands of flights being cancelled or re-routed, and are said to have demanded compensation from Rolls-Royce. The troubles cap off a terrible year for Boeing, which has been engulfed in scandal after a door-peg blew out mid-air on a US flight last January.
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Supply chain delays at Rolls-Royce have sparked fears the planes, currently grounded at Heathrow, will be out of action for a year. Passengers who have already booked onto affected flights will be forced to fly longer routes or from different airports — and could have to pay even more to reach their destinations.
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Meanwhile, The Sun understands BA is harvesting parts for parts from one grounded 787-Dreamliner to keep other planes flying. It comes after the national carrier axed services from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur and reduced frequencies to eight other major cities over “durability issues” with Rolls-Royce Trent 1,000 engines.
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Virgin Atlantic has also had to ground and cancel some flights over issues with the Rolls-Royce engines. Its boss, Shai Weiss, said in November the issues “started with the launch of the plane. "The Trent 1000 has not been a good engine.”. Rolls-Royce said: “The engine’s reliability is proven, with over 20million in-service flying hours since 2011.”.
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