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$14M engine of US Air Force F-35 is destroyed after maintenance engineer left FLASHLIGHT inside it before test run
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The F-35 was undergoing maintenance at Luke Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona on March 15, 2023 when the incident occurred
- An engineer left a flashlight inside the engine: the three-person team did not follow the standard procedure of ensuring all equipment was accounted for
- When the jet's engines were turned on, they heard a clanging sound: on shutting them down they saw the blades were damaged
Bird strike here on the ramp? No, that story just ain't gonna fly Eugene.
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-20 |
