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Old 4th Nov 2010, 08:56
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Gas Bags,
By the photos it is definately an uncontained turbine disc failure. And yes the engine design is supposed to contain this type of failure.
My understanding is that engines are designed to contain blade failures but it is impossible to contain a turbine disc failure due to the mass of the disc and the huge amount of energy it has at high RPM. GB
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