Chinese Jet Repair
 

I received this via email, thought I would share

[SIZE="3"]Needs no introduction, just read and then scratch your head in amazement!!!!![/SIZE]

[CENTER]Bring on the low budget airlines .......Just when you think you've seen it all.

For anybody who is not familiar with a jet engine, a jet fan blade should be perfectly smooth.

A pilot for a Chinese carrier requested permission and landed at FRA ( Frankfurt , Germany ) for an unscheduled
refueling stop. The reason soon became apparent to the ground crew: The Number 3 engine had been shut down
previously because of excessive vibration, and because it didn't look too good. It had apparently been no problem
for the tough guys back in China : as they took some sturdy straps and wrapped them around two of the fan blades
and the structures behind, thus stopping any unwanted wind-milling (engine spinning by itself due to airflow passing
thru the blades during flight) and associated uncomfortable vibration caused by the suboptimal fan.
[IMG]http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3457/38160732.jpg[/IMG]

Note that the straps are seat-belts....how resourceful! ?After making the "repairs", off they went into the wild
blue yonder with another revenue-making flight on only three engines! With the increased fuel consumption,
they got a bit low on fuel, and just set it down at the closest airport (FRA) for a quick refill.

That's when the problems started: The Germans, who are kind of picky about this stuff, inspected the
malfunctioning engine and immediately grounded the aircraft. (Besides the seat-belts, notice the appalling
condition of the fan blades.) The airline operator had to send a chunk of money to get the first engine replaced
(took about 10 days). The repair contractor decided to do some impromptu inspection work on the other engines,
none of which looked all that great either. The result: ?a total of 3 engines were eventually changed on this plane
before it was permitted to fly again.

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You hear about planes crashing due to really simple things failing, like a bolt or another seemingly insignificant part.. how the HELL does a plane in that sort of condition not crash out of the sky!?

surely those types of thing would be check prior to take off of even before people get on the plane...
forwarding this onto our inspector at work lol

Brilliant. I am in China at the moment :eek: :(

Ahhh Devo! Don't start "shooting down" air china yet.

Looks like it was from a DHL plane leaving Baghdad after a missile took care of it

[url]http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/airchina.asp[/url]

Should have done my homework before helping the spam mill.

I'm going to call fake.

Pictures look like something has come into contact with the blades while moving & thats why the engine is removed. Straps could easily be to stop if freely spinning while on the ground & mangling someones arm.

I don't doubt companies are skimping on repairs, I know someone fairly high up in Qantas who refuses to fly Qantas for this reason, but I doubt anyone would fly with that engine.

Dammit, shouldn't have taken a piss before replying.

respect to the pilots getting it back on the ground with no hydraulics :o

Another great internet myth :)

Most of these emails that go around ARE myths.. need to be taken with a grain of salt :D

As per my original post, a plane in that condition would probably fall out of the sky..