I can remember doing a post-flight walk around after arriving in an Excell (Air Atlanta) 767 down in Tobago. I found a 5-6mm crack in one of the fan blades. I showed it to the mechanic fully expecting him to ground the plane till he could file the crack out or have the blade replaced - worst case. He looks at me and says, "Yeah, we've known about that one"
Either he was (A) just pulling my chain, (B) lying to me to get me to go away, or (C) totally clueless. Any which you cut it the MX at AAI is scary. Doesn't surprise me a bit they had an engine failure.