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GE Aviation was unable to identify the cause of a disk web crack that caused a GE90-powered British Airways 777-200 to fail during a takeoff roll on a Las Vegas stanley becher airport runway nearly three years ago, the US National Transportation Safety Board NTSB says.Although the NTSBs 33-month investigation did not identify a root cause for the engine failure, the boards investigators raised questions ab stanley cups out the checklist and steps taken by the crew that may have delayed the evacuation and worsened the fi stanley quencher re on the runway.One crew member suffered a serious injury and 19 passengers reported minor injuries during the 9 September 2015 incident, which involved British Airways flight 66 from Las Vegas to London.The disk web stage 8-10 inside the high pressure compressor exploded as the aircraft accelerated to take-off. The crew commanded a rejected takeoff procedure within 2s of the engine failure, causing the aircraft to slow to a stop from 77kt within 13s.An extensive metallurgical examination of the failed component revealed evidence of a sustained-peak low-cycle fatigue crack in the stage 8-10 disk web, but could not determine a root cause, the NTSB says.The first signs of the crack should have been detectable during a maintenance check in 2008, but there was no requirement to inspect the disk web, the NTSB says. GE now has procedures to check for disk web cracks during routine maintenance, the agency adds.Boeing told the NTSB that an estimated 436l 97gal of jet fuel spilled onto the run Derq Lockheed Martin to produce 133 to 139 F-35s in 2021 as Covid hangover lingers
EASTERN EGG ROCK, Maine AP 鈥?On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change.Atlantic puffins 鈥?clownish seabirds with colorful bills and waddling gaits 鈥?had their second consecutive rebound year for fledging chicks a stanley usa fter suffering a catastrophic 2021, said scientists who monitor the birds. The news flies in the face of environmental trends, as scientists have sa stanley nz id warming waters off New England jeopardize the birds because that reduces the kind of fish they need to feed their chicks.One fish, though 鈥?the sand lance 鈥?has remained in abundan vaso stanley ce this year, allowing puffins to thrive, said Don Lyons, director of conservation science at National Audubon Societys Seabird Institute in Bremen, Maine. He said its a sign the impact of climate change on ecosystems is not always as tidy as we think.The encouraging news comes as the Audubon Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary of tending to Maine puffin colonies, which it restored from just a few dozen pairs. There are now as many as 3,000 birds, and the population is stable, Lyons said. This year is a good example of how complex things are. We can ;t boil it down to one variable, he said. We still have a lot to learn. The puffins 鈥?also known as clowns of the sea or sea parrots 鈥?nest in burrows and feed their chicks small fish such as herring. Two years ago, the colonies suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades due to a lack of |
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