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Old 30th Sep 2018, 15:54
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Harley Quinn
 
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Originally Posted by Finningley Boy
I've no idea I'm sure you'll be utterly surprised to hear. I simply asked if there was a trend affecting the B and not the other two, it could be a common fault or it could be simple bad luck! That's the extent of my technical knowledge, but you sound like you have far greater insight! Could it be that there is a problem, yet to be determined, affecting the drive shaft for the great rotating dustbin which hoovers up internal capacity and re-shapes the airframe? I don't know.

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I certainly know no more than what's in the public domain but you seem to be pointing directly to the lift fan. Nowhere in any of the press reports have I seen mention of lift fan issues
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