A FAN BLADE FAILED

A FAN BLADE FAILED and was ingested into the No. 1 Pratt&Whitney JT8D engine of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 727-200 on May 9, resulting in an in-flight shutdown. Flight 252 had departed Atlanta at 7:50 p.m. for Nashville and was climbing to its cruising altitude when the engine fire warning light...

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