Segment Data - Financial Information for Company's Segments Footnotes (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
RTI Technologies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Accrual, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 336

Amount of increase (decrease) in loss contingency liability.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82911808&loc=d3e14326-108349

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