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To: Turbopilot
American Airlines has MD-80 IFSD's of one engine at 200 - 500 feet all the time (I think they may still have the largest MD80 fleet in the world). They had an epidemic of it a couple years ago caused by LPT turbine blade failures.

The news media blamed all the MD-80's parked at LGA on "Global Warming" when it was "lowest bidder" parts failing in recently overhauled motors that was really causing the problem.

Either the pilots screwed up, the plane was way overweight or the failure was more catastophic than a simple inflight shut down.

45 posted on 08/20/2008 10:42:18 AM PDT by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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To: UNGN
They had an epidemic of it a couple years ago caused by LPT turbine blade failures.

Delta killed a couple of passengers a few years ago when a turbine shed its blades while on the ground.

60 posted on 08/20/2008 5:15:04 PM PDT by PAR35
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