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Old 28th Jun 2013, 22:24
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All that from a ~1mm machining error.
That was only the first domino to fall.

In the basic architecture of the turbine section, the IPT system could not tolerate a shaft separation; It was virtually guaranteed to overspeed until the disc burst. That is a basic design issue; the manufacturing fault in the oil tube was merely the straw that broke the camel's back.
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