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Old 4th Nov 2010, 16:53
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The design criteria for jet engines state they must be able to contain fan AND/OR turbine disc failiures, think united DC10, these pictures look remarkably like a turbine disc fail. If any fan blades are damaged or missing its usually after the initial turbine fail and a result of shaft imbalance , a bad disc fail will usually result in the translating sleeve damaged or missing.
Will be interesting to see the official findings on why such a new , low hours engine failed so spectacularly.
More rubbish.

Engines have to be able to contain any blade off, including a fan blade but theres no way they can be certified to contain a disk that explodes. To do that you'd need a solid metal engine casing several inches thick!
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