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Old 6th Nov 2010, 15:18
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"the probability of the disc being released, is (from memory) and causing a fatal accident, in the order of 10 to the power of -6."

10^(-6) . One in (only) a million. That seems very high. Is that per engine-life (bad enough) or per engine flight hour (really terrible) ?

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