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A jet engine fan blade cut into a plane and caused a passenger to be partially sucked out of a window, the NTSB says (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It was an 18-year-old plane. Also the engines aren’t made by Boeing, the engine in question was made by CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran.

Evidence of fatigue cracking was found on the damaged fan blade, which means this was a maintenance failure.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Also the engines aren’t made by Boeing, the engine in question was made by CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran.

    Totally read this as “GE and Satan” the first time and thought “oh, well, that makes sense then.”

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Would it be fun to point out GE owned 50% interest in Boeing business jets (the venture that made the 737) prior to 2020?

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