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Old 14th Nov 2013, 08:01
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Adverse Jaw
 
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My only personal experience of prolonged flight with an engine inop was on a DC10 trans-atlantic. We soon noted a very significant increase in oil consumption, due due breakdown of the labyrinth seals for the windmilling engine. However, we soon established the oil loss to be at at a constant and predictable rate and on this basis continued to destination while closely monitoring oil contents.
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