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Old 4th Oct 2017, 03:05
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Originally Posted by RatherBeFlying
Possibly a fan blade, but can't say for sure from the available photos. Cowl pieces are the other possibility, some fragments in the vanes look like composite.
It does look like a blade, with the spline that engages in the fan hub slot near the top (#176). I'd guess that if the fan did come loose and move forward, getting tangled in the cowling's Kevlar containment band made short work of the integrity of the fan. If they go looking for it, it won't be a fan stuck in the ice of Greenland. More likely a 20 mile trail of blades and pieces of cowling.

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