Fire Breaks Out During Takeoff Resulting in Major Changes for Airline Safety Procedures
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The Combustor Camp
This specific engine was delivered new to British air tours in April of 1980 fitted to a different aircraft. In the winter of 1983 to 1984, the engine was removed and stripped. And at that time, there was a light maintenance inspection performed and the engine was reassembled with repaired combustor cans from another engine. This is all way over my head. But the bulk of it is that I can summarize it by saying this. So this number nine combustor can had a circumferential crackcircumferential crack. That's a mouthful. Oh, 160 gram meter. Around the circumference of the so like. Exactly around the outside portion. There was 160 millimeters in length. Okay
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