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Old 17th Mar 2017, 16:21
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Appears to be either a prop shaft break (prop gearbox output shaft), or even failed big retaining nut on the aft side of the "bull" gear internal to the gearbox. There was another lost prop incident in the mid-80s over Lake Erie, US carrier Comair IIRC.
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