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Originally Posted by Bigtime
I wonder if that one fan blade going caused it all? Massive amounts of energy in them while they're operating.
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It’s possible I guess. I’m pretty surprised that they are talking about metal fatigue in the engine just hours after without lab analysis or anything.
The fan blades have purely centrifugal forces on them. And if one breaks it should go into the engine not forward. The turbine blades are the real danger as and are usually the ones to wreak havoc. It’s possible there was a surge which blew that blade forward and damaged the cowlings to the point of failure.
Take my opinion with a grain of salt I have seen all of 4 pictures of the engine and nothing close up.