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Old 8th Sep 2017, 10:50
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Broken/missing turbine blades

Japan Airlines 777 engine fire. 200 turbine blades broken or missing?
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170908_06/

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"Japan Airlines has been conducting emergency inspections of 12 aircraft equipped with the same model of engine as the one that caught fire on a passenger jet earlier this week.
Fire broke out on the left engine of the Boeing 777 shortly after it took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on a flight to New York on Tuesday. The plane made an emergency landing at Haneda. No one was injured.
More than 200 metal turbine blades of the engine were determined to be broken or missing. Japan Airlines began the emergency inspections on Wednesday. Its officials say the focus is on areas near engine turbines.
They add they expect to finish the work by Sunday and that flight operations will not be affected."
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