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Old 4th Jan 2016, 16:03
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"The No 2 engine had suffered rapid deterioration of the No 5 (location) bearing of the free turbine, causing failure of the adjacent carbon oil seal and mechanical interference between the Main Drive Shaft Thomas coupling and the Engine Mounting Rear Support Assembly tube, which completely severed the support tube.
A severe fire, outside of the engine fire zone, was caused because the released engine oil was ignited either by this mechanical interference, or by contact with the hot engine exhaust duct.
as I said - all bets are off with a catastrophic or explosive failure - I remember this incident well and the aircraft was burned out completely - lucky boys.
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