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#117485 by Scrooge
12 May 2006, 15:32
Wow,that is one messed up engine,what the heck hit those blades to cause that amount of damage.Any idea's which airline?
#117487 by Bazz
12 May 2006, 15:42
OMG - That is scary to think they were actually flying like that, no wonder they had to shut it down because of vibration.

As Dave says, "Which airline?" - just so we can all make sure we never fly it!
#117490 by easygoingeezer
12 May 2006, 15:58
Flippin Heck ( was meaning to say something else ) It won't be too long before that is going to be on Aircrash investigated on Discovery I think.
#117528 by McCoy
12 May 2006, 18:35
It's Chinese-owned, and does international flights.

That's all I know for sure...
#117534 by MarkJ
12 May 2006, 18:44
Unbelievable - you always put your trust ( and your life!) in the airline and its maintenance schedules dont you - the point made about US and Western Carriers is unformtunate but in this case - true!
#117549 by seany
12 May 2006, 19:47
You can see a bit of the livery in the background, blue and white stripes it seems, if it's chinese owned then I'm stumped.
#117553 by McCoy
12 May 2006, 20:05
Originally posted by sean modi
You can see a bit of the livery in the background, blue and white stripes it seems, if it's chinese owned then I'm stumped.
Air China [:w]
#117565 by Richard28
12 May 2006, 22:06
They are amazing photo's, and an amazing story!

You'd have thought the authorities would step up random checks on other planes in the airlines fleet as a result of this - I wonder if they have ?

thanks for the link McCoy.
#121859 by jerseyboy
09 Jun 2006, 10:29
Originally posted by sean modi
You can see a bit of the livery in the background, blue and white stripes it seems, if it's chinese owned then I'm stumped.


If you look close the fuselage showing is a second airplane. The wing above the removed engine is facing forward so the fuselage shown is actually off the left wing tip. The engine has been turned around for this picture.

Cheers Wayne.
#121860 by HighFlyer
09 Jun 2006, 10:39
That is scary!

From the blue stripes on the plane it does look like Air China. I think we all just pray that this is the exception rather than the rule in terms of 'maintenance' for this airline.

Look forward to the Aircrash Investigation film on the matter though ;)

Thanks,
Sarah
Virgin Atlantic

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