On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:13:05 GMT, "Mike Rapoport"
wrote in
. net::

Who said anything about throwing a blade?

While this report doesn't specifically mention a turbine blade, what
it describes could be consistent with many things including throwing a
blade:


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,2497317.story

Right after rotation, there was an engine surge, like a backfire,"
Hayes said.

Air traffic controllers at the airport tower saw sparks flying
from the crippled engine and heard popping noises.



It might have been something as mundane as failure of the instrumentation.

Would such an instrumentation failure be consistent with sparks
flying?