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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: Ilaine who wrote (4076)11/12/2001 2:40:31 PM
From: Logain Ablar  Read Replies (1) of 14610
 
At one point Pratt engine blades were known to crack. A turbine blade flying into the fuselage could cause an explosion. The Pratt problem was fixed prior to a crash but the FAA had a major maintainence check in a short time frame after one of the incidents.

I think the cause of the crack had something to do with a supplier of the titanium blades (this was from a pratt engineer who would be biased).

Don't know if these were Pratt, GE or Rolls Royce engines.
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