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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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A cracked turbine blade found on a plane prompted the suspension. But tests showed that this was a "unique" problem and not a design flaw, engine maker Pratt and Whitney said.

Sounds like a materials science problem. Time for turbine blades made of buckycarbon or something.
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