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22nd Sep 2015, 15:18

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oleostrut

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From the photo, there appears to be a previous repair in that area. Not the first such damage on that AC?

Better to punch a hole there than to FOD an engine on rotation as can happen with a DC9/MD80 shedding a tire.

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