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Old 14th June 2006 | 01:59
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VTA
 
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Many years ago flying a RN Seaking Mk5..Just taken off from Culdrose and while at 500ft agl at night and pulling to twin engine max-con power (111% twin torque from memory and as per SOP at that time)..Number 2 engine exploded!!! Rapid Nr decay due to high power at time of failure, number 2 engine also on fire by now and by the time we sorted our act out and got safe I remember the wardroom roof looking very close indeed!!! Won't bore you with the cause of failure (same thing happened to a Noggy Sea King years earlier which took out the other engine, so I was just lucky that night)..Not a hot start I'm afraid, but needed a new flight suit in the morning!!!
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