Japan believes broken turbine blade caused most recent H-2 launch failure.
BROKEN BLADE: Japanese experts examining the wreckage of the LE-7 rocket engine fished from the bottom of the ocean after last fall's H-2 launch failure (DAILY, Nov. 16, 1999) have identified a broken turbine blade as the probable cause of the failure, and not a crack in a welded hydrogen fuel line...
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