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Old 18th Apr 2018, 09:52
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NTSB confirms blade off

Media briefing here:

Loss of fan blade confirmed, broken "right at the hub" and evidence of fatigue cracking at failure point. Sounds more and more like a carbon copy of N766SW / WN-3472 in 2016.
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