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compressor stall
It could also be Indo error.
I’ve been denied clearance over a fairly pedantic country as they has the wrong aircraft type on file.
When submitted it was definitely correct.
VH-EBK (747-238B) painted in Air Pacific colours in the 80s drew the ire of US Customs upon arrival at LAX. Paperwork was required to 'prove' Qantas actually owned the aeroplane when it was operating QF17/QF18.