Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) has blamed a shortage of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 replacement engines for the six-month grounding of one of its B787-8s in Malaysia, but the engine replacement was now proceeding, and 5H-TCJ (msn 66133) was expected to return to Tanzania at the beginning of June.

A Rolls-Royce spokesperson confirmed that “Air Tanzania’s Trent 1000 engines had a planned shop visit and are now serviceable and available”.

In a statement on social media, CEO Ladislaus Matindi said the aircraft…

Source: ch aviation
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