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Old 4th Oct 2017, 01:25
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So an initial failure of the shaft to fan (where a jagged piece remains) would allow the fan to pull forward. The 24 (?) bolts holding the compressor stage failed under tension (photo in #194). That may be by design. To let the fan go forwardvwithout trying to pull the compressor rotor through the stator.
Not true in ether the the presumptions in photo #194 nor the design intent of saving the compressor rotor.

The preference is that given a major fan failure all you want is a safe shutdown with the engine staying on the wing with no fires. You gladly give up scrapping every darn piece of the engine to keep the bits from leaving. However given that the fan hub itself splits into pieces you must expect the movement of these pieces will result in tensile shear of any attachments to other rotating bits like compressor spools and/or drive shafts.

I take it that some have not noted what looks to be an intact fan blade and its attachments lodged in the vanes behind the fan?
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