GE90-115B Perspective
11-04-2008, 10:41 AM
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Yes it's Emirates. No buzzard, a pigeon ingested down the core during taxi in. Because the engine being at low rpm during the taxi, it had to be borescoped. Mechanic said he had been working the line on these engines for two years and this was the first time he ever had to open the cowls.
11-04-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Senior Skipper
Very interesting Skyone. I guess it's just bad luck that it went into the core, but why does the power setting affect the maintenance procedure?
11-04-2008, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Mitragorz
Maybe the higher power setting chops the bird up into smaller bits that will cause less damage.
