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Old 13th February 2003 | 13:22
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Lu Zuckerman

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From: The home of Dudley Dooright-Where the lead dog is the only one that gets a change of scenery.
Question Thermal stresses.

If I remember correctly some operators of DC-10s would taxi out to takeoff position with Number 2 shut down. They would then start the engine and take off. This placed the engine under very high thermal stress and in some cases the pointy tail cone would fracture and come off. I do not believe that if Number 2 were secured after landing the same problem would exist.

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