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Old 4th Jul 2004, 18:49
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Was that for us?
 
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If the tree branch (seen on Friday) shoved in the fan of an engine to prevent it from turning is any thing to go by I doubt the Owner knows any thing. Maybe the Russians thought the engine is the same as an IL-76 ie. when it turns on the ground it causes serious problems, and that is why U will allways see the IL-76 crew put the engine plugs in place on shut down. The company has no tooling and only Russian mechanics and as far as I know the L10-11 maint manuals have never been translated to Russian. These mechanics are ignorantly stripping the aircraft interior including the removal of the fwd galley with no regard to STC's required. Swazi CAA should be bought to book by the over seeing body RSA CAA for allowing this insanity.
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