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Old 12th Jun 2013, 14:59
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Golf Romeo Mike
 
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So, finally some aspects of the report have come to light:

Sunday Standard - Online Edition

Some interesting points to note are that, while everything from the trees, to the training and even lack of documentation is blamed, no mention is ever made to the primary issue, which is that the Engine essentially blew up and caught fire on take off, which would be a maintenance issue. It should also be noted, that while not mentioned in this article, P&W had issued all AOM's an Airworthiness Directive advising of a potential issue of corrosion build up in the PT6 engine 1 year before the crash. As per P&W's analysis AKD's engine, the engine failed due to a turbine blade shearing off as a result of severe sulphurdation build up which caused massive corrosion.

It is quite amusing that the GM of MA states that she has not received or read the pre-liminary or the final report which was issued to all involved parties months ago. Is she lying or does our favourite CEO not think it pertinent for the GM of the Air Charter company to know why one of their air craft crashed, killing 9 people (including their former GM)
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