Airbus stops accepting PW1100G engines for A320neo aircraft

Airbus decided to stop accepting additional Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines equipping its A320neo family aircraft, after a higher than normal number of inflight shutdowns and aborted takeoffs were reported on aircraft using the latest build-standard engines. The problem involves the knife-edge seal...

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