airplane shortage

[kakatiya]

A pilot shortage is already plaguing the aviation industry. Now comes word that there also could be an airplane shortage.

RTX Corp., which makes parts for Pratt & Whitney engines, discovered a flaw in the engine manufacture and could sideline the Airbus SE’s A320.

 

[kakatiya]

Almost 90 percent of the roughly 3,200 planes need their engines removed and inspected for contaminated metal used in making the equipment. The job will take months, if not years, rendering the planes useless.