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Old 2nd Aug 2015, 01:04
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Adhesive bond failure

Having had one of these failures in a Canadian 212 main blade (blakmax knows the story) I agree with everything he says.

The TSB Class 3 (means fairly serious) investigation agreed that the blade had delaminated, but were unable to determine exactly why.

I can report that after ~22K in the biz I have never been that ****-scared in my life - and I've had my share of engine/component/systems failures.
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