Originally Posted by
buzz66
The Truck Driver transporting that Gearbox in Australia died in the Accident.
So that will give you a good idea of what happened to the gearbox.
It's very possible the Conical housing was the initial cause. We may never know.
buzz66 ... hearing this was a fatal accident and already knowing the unit was damaged (they said some kind of, as yet unidentified, repairs were carried out) compounds my initial surprise that the MGB was returned to service.
Presumably the module in G-REDL had not been in a serious road accident or similar damage situation. Given that in both (flying) accidents the second stage planet gear appears to have failed, the news that road accident damage may, or may not, have contributed to the Bergen accident will be hard to establish in any definitive sense. Even if it can be it will hardly restore the reputation of the MGB design.