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Old 23rd Feb 2021, 16:21
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tdracer
 
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What I'm hearing is that they found evidence of metal fatigue at the fracture surface of the failed blade - just like on the previous two PW4000/112" FBO events (presumably the trailing blade that failed mid-span due to overload due to impact with debris from the leading blade).

Metal fatigue is pretty obvious when you know what to look for at the facture surface.
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