Airbus and CFM International have launched a flight test program for "open fan engine architecture" to increase efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. The open fan design, which eliminates engine ...

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Investigators don’t yet know what caused the engine failure that forced Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 to an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, but it has similarities to an incident with ...

The Open Fan demonstrator will also be a puller, or tractor, configuration with a single stage of rotating blades and a second nonrotating stage of active, variable-pitch stators. Credit: CFM CFM ...