Jet engines are designed to handle extreme heat and pressure, but sand creates a unique problem. Fine particles can erode ...

Rolls-Royce is testing new technology in Derby in a bid to prevent sand and dust damaging its jet engines. The issue has affected airlines operating across the Middle East, which is one of the company ...

Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB-97 powers the Airbus A350 on long-haul flights Rolls-Royce is testing new technology in Derby in a bid to prevent sand and dust damaging its jet engines. The issue has affected ...

A Ryanair jet was used on two flights after crew and maintenance inspectors did not notice an engine had scraped the ground landing in Dublin, a report has revealed. The plane went on two subsequent ...

A Southwest Airlines jet apparently blew an engine at about 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage Tuesday, killing a passenger and injuring seven others, ...

All jet engines work on the same principle. The engine sucks air in at the front via a fan. A compressor, made of spinning blades inside the main shaft of the engine, then raises the pressure of this ...

The University of Manchester has played a central role in helping Rolls-Royce double the durability of some components in its jet engines operating in the Middle East. Engineers and geologists in the ...

Eighty years ago, a piece of world-changing technology emerged from a semi-derelict garage in Leicestershire - the world's first viable jet engine. But as Frank Whittle's invention took to the skies ...

Rolls-Royce is testing new technology in Derby in a bid to prevent sand and dust damaging its jet engines. The issue has affected airlines operating across the Middle East, which is one of the company ...