It is intriguing to note, though, that Boeing aircraft are not similarly afflicted.

Oh yes they are!!!
There is basicaly only one way to suck poo from one end of an aircraft to another. Airbus and Boeing do it the same way.
They BOTH get blocked by the same stuff. The punters ignore the signs and stuff all sorts of stuff down there.
I have delt with the results on both types! It’s still the best job in the industry!;)

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The fire trucks were there because of the over weight landing only. It is a standard proceedure.There was no problem with the aircraft. The fire crews followed the aircraft to stand because the brakes would have been very hot. Normaly the aircraft would wait out on the taxi way to let them cool off a bit but they were trying to get the poor little mite to hospital ASAP.
The reverser had nothing to do with it. That was just one of those “Murphy’s law” things. My spy tells me that the reverser was restowed, tested and found to be OK

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I am far from trying to start rumours.

I was at the AVP and this to me looked more than a medical divert.

You would not usually see five or more fire engines following an ac for a medical divert and you would certainly not see part of the engine housing missing.

I am not trying to disagree that this was a medical divert but I do think there is more to it!!

The MEN reported that the child died:(

My spy in the camp tells me that all it was was a medical divert. The aircraft did land overweight, hench the fire engine. to add to their woes one of the reverser halves did not stow when de selected. Both the CF-6 and the CFM-56 reversers have a left and a right half that normaly operate together. Some times one side does not do what the other one does, either stays stowed or refuses to stow. If one half stays deployed that engine will not be able to get above idle. Happens every now and again, a pain in the a~~e for us as we have to fix it:D

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Skydrol should not normally be that hot (as in temperature) but it’s chemical build-up makes it burn. Those of us working on a hydraulic system that have taken a quick pee without washing there hands thoroughly beforehand can vouch for that:eek:

If I can’t wash my hands I get one of the other lads to help out:D

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AH!!!
Once you have the spinner and thrust ring off the blades will be free to be pulled out. The mid span snubber will cause you problems. The trick is to pull each blade towards you a bit at a time. Start at the top, this will be where the blades are at the most floppy (Technical term). Pull the top one towards you as far as it will go. Rotate the fan one blade and do the same to the next blade. Keep rotating and pulling again and again and…. There will come a point when you will be able to pull one or two blades out compleatly. Once you have the first two out the rest will come out with no bother.
BE CAREFULL when you reach the point of first removal as all the other blades are very close to coming out too!!!

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