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Old 17th Apr 2018, 19:09
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edmundronald
 
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Engine Cowling loss becoming a habitual event?

Pix prove this is not SLF's overworked imagination ...
If this occurs too frequently, sooner or later an engine will ingest some bits and pieces of cowling orthe fasteners and then it will be a case of uncontained engine failure.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/u...ing/index.html

Edmund

UPDATE: One fatality. Maybe this wasn't altogether a "minor" incident.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/southw...ine-explosion/

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