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JAL B-747 in flight for seven months with engines on the wrong sides
Tokyo, Japan - One of the engines completed about 850 flights without being controlled
A Boeing 747 jet by Japan Airlines appeared to have been flying for seven months without none of the carrier’s experts realized the aircraft’s left and right engines had been placed on the wrong sides during a routine overhaul in Singapore last February. Some components of the engines must be inspected every 650 flights, but in that case one of the engines wuold have completed about 850 flights wit...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency