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What Are Thrust Reversers In Airplane Engines And What Happens When They Deploy?

When you're flying on a commercial jet, you naturally become very familiar with the sound and feeling of the powerful turbine engines. As you take off, you can feel their rumbling muscle rocketing the ...
Aviation Week

Westwind Thrust Reversers Deploy Unexpectedly, Part 2

Damaged left thrust reverser of the accident jet. Credit: NTSB Two weeks after the March 2019 crash involving an IAI Westwind in Yukon, Oklahoma, two people who were familiar with jet told the NTSB ...
Flightglobal

Airbus modifying CFM56 engine-control logic after serious A320 thrust-reverser incident

Airbus is aiming to introduce an engine control unit software modification for CFM International CFM56 powerplants, to reduce the safety risk if A320 pilots attempt a go-around after activating ...
Flightglobal

Fatal 747 excursion probe focuses on thrust-lever movement for engine with inoperative reverser

Preliminary investigation into the AirACT Boeing 747-400 freighter excursion at Hong Kong have found that, after touchdown, forward thrust increased on the outboard right-hand engine – the ...
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Aircraft Thrust Reverser Market to Reach $3.3 billion, Globally, by 2034 at 5.8% CAGR: Allied Market Research

Driven by increase in air travel, surge in order for new aircraft from developing countries, and technological advancement in electric and hybrid aircrafts. WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire ...
Aviation Week

Westwind Thrust Reversers Deploy Unexpectedly, Part 1

An Israel Aircraft Industries’ IAI 1124 Westwind business jet rolled over and crashed while on approach to Sundance Airport (HSD) in Yukon, Oklahoma, on March 18, 2019. A video surveillance camera at ...