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Old 23rd Jan 2005, 19:32
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nigelh
 
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Angry AS 350 engines

Does anyone have any information about the Arriel 1b engines in the AS350 BA. Apparrently a small piece of metal has fallen off the shroud on module 2 and has gone through the whole engine causing total destruction......engine write off 240,000Euros !!
To make it better , this probably happened 2 years ago and it has been flying around on public transport all this time....like a time bomb. Turbomeca deny there is a design problem but how many engines have had this happen and how many crashes ??? Any info really appreciated.
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