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Engine Blades of Longtail B744F Fall On Village
Today a Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400F suffered an inflight engine failure soon after take off; as a consequence, its turbine blades fell over the village of Meerssen in the Netherlands. (samchui.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"distribute engine parts" ??? Is that the politically correct term for dropping metal shards on the unsuspecting public below?
And this article used the verb 'spewed' in the second sentence of the snippet. LOL
https://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/7_days/popular_new/82802/What_would_ve_happened_if_United_flight_328_experienced_its_scary_engine_failure_over_the_ocean
https://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/7_days/popular_new/82802/What_would_ve_happened_if_United_flight_328_experienced_its_scary_engine_failure_over_the_ocean
LOL. It may be a translation thing if it was not originally written in English or by an author whose first language is not English.
Well Google translate is good but not yet excellent!
I had to chuckle when I read that. Sounds like a pilot I flew with in the RAF - in the last century.
"Distributing"? Isn't that what you do with newspapers, or information sheets at a meeting? This almost sounds like the village residents were awaiting their share of parts.
Very similar to the journalist on here who wrote that the B737 Max had been 'ungrounded'
Some serious lack of reality showing, by one or more journalists...
Some serious lack of reality showing, by one or more journalists...
https://www.1limburg.nl/vliegtuig-verliest-metaaldelen-boven-meerssen
and
https://www.1limburg.nl/vliegtuig-dat-metaaldelen-verloor-voorlopig-nog-aan-de-grond
In other words, plane safely landed at a different airport which is south from take off airport near Maasstricht.