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Old 12th Mar 2014, 10:37
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awblain
 
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On rotation, the face of the unprecedentedly-large fan and nacelle intake was tilted to the airflow, which caused unexpected changes to the engine.

It was the airflow direction changing, not the gravity direction changing, that made the engine stall/surge.
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