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China Eastern plane lands at Sydney with hole in engine
2017-06-12
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  The cowl was latched, looks like a failed anti-ice duct.
Posted by: Tzsenator   2017-06-12 20:25  

#3  chinese airlines aren't known for stellar maintainence
Posted by: 746   2017-06-12 12:00  

#2  "Last month, industry websites The Aviation Herald and Aero.de published pictures from social media appearing to show a similar hole in another aeroplane's engine casing."
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-12 09:56  

#1  Looks more like an access panel wasn't latched properly and blew off. But that'd be drawing a premature conclusion, so let's just call it "a hole".
Posted by: Bobby   2017-06-12 07:34  

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