Microscopic Crack News Today

Every time the engine is used, the microscopic crack grows. the ntsb determines probable cause to be united inspectors failure to detect the crack. united airlines disputes the finding, but in the end, the ntsb upholds its report. >> i think that the united inspection team did what they believed to be a proper and complete job, or they wouldnt have signed the component off as air worthy. we have gotten better at nondestructive testing. that was one of the takeaways out of this, that we had to ge...

The fan disc had separated from the engine core and created shrapnel taking large chunks out of the horizontal stabilizer. in the second picture you can actually see the back side of the engine where the fan disc actually came out. >> by november 1990, 15 months after the crash, the ntsb pieces together what happened to united 232. over a farm in alta, iowa, the fans fan disc imploded with calamitous results for the planes hydraulics, the life blood of the jet. >> it sent shrapnel going in a mul...