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Old 09-27-2005, 03:30 PM  
abadfish
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Originally Posted by UltraSonic
Infact, this pic IS real...... ground crew forgot to close a pannel, the whole pannel of the engine blew off in flight.
The engine cowling was on, it just wasn't latched properly. The design on the A32x was so that the cowling would appear latched and flush but when the plane took off it would fly off. It's now been changed.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...19X01004&key=1

I love photos like these and I still would fly any day over driving.
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