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Old 3rd Oct 2017, 14:34
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#9 in "your" photo I think one sees clearly two types of holes, there are 24 which seem "empty" (no fasteners there, I suppose these only are there to clear the 24 fasteners that belong only to the fan section, see also the photo showing the engine in the shop with only 6 fan blades on); and then there are 3*24 holes which ~all seem to show an end of the fastener still inside ... so indeed would seem as a clean break (perhaps as per design).

Originally Posted by number0009
Fasteners gone from the LPC inner support structure/rings also.

Failure was not likely caused by a few unnoticed missing fasteners during assembly/inspection.

Photo link:
http://www.pprune.org/attachments/ru...lantic-one.jpg
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