Originally Posted by
Concours77
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.
Interesting theory, could be true, but Occam's Razor points to a more obvious sequence of events starting with failure of a weakened blade.