Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
How does the evidence of fatigue at the root of the departed blade fit in with that scenario ?
It makes the surge theory case; a surge causes a loss of, and an instantaneous reaction to the peak thrust at top of climb....
IF the blade is compromised by patent fatigue, it suggests the rapid and emphatic change in gas path could cause sufficient failure to further crack the flaw, and exacerbate the separation.