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Old 16th Jun 2008, 10:29
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bondu
 
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I remember the Norwegians lost a 332L near the Norne platform in the early 1990s. IIRC the turbine shaft broke and the engine ran up, but as the overspeed protection system was u/s, the engine blew itself to bits, breaking through the firewall and knocking out the other engine. All died.
All 332Ls were grounded for a time and eventually the emergency checklist was ammended with a procedure for an overspeed warning (at least it was at Bond).

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