World Print edition: 2019-11-08

Rolls-Royce takes £1.4 billion hit on troubled plane engines

Published November 8, 2019 Updated November 8, 2019 10:57am

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Used to power Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the engines have seen some parts wear quicker than expected, forcing Rolls to carry out costly repairs.

Rolls on Thursday said the exceptional charge to full-year operating profit "represents the additional near term costs of customer disruption and remediation shop visits and provisions against future losses on a small number of contracts".

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