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Jets
JetsMaintenance Faulted
British Aerospace Avro 146-RJ85A. Substantial damage. No injuries.
The four-engine regional jet was in cruise flight in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at 34,000 ft when the pilots heard a loud bang and felt the aircraft yaw. They realized that the no. 1 engine and the no. 2 engine had failed. The failure of both engines on the left wing occurred about 38 minutes after the aircraft departed from Harare, Zimbabwe, for a scheduled flight to Johannesburg the evening of Nov. 8, 2…
