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> Here's a picture of an A-6E which crashed after an engine ingested a pencil-sized hex wrench. Not particularly relevant. J52 engines weren't tested or cert
by dingaling 11y ago
> Here's a picture of an A-6E which crashed after an engine ingested a pencil-sized hex wrench.
Not particularly relevant.
J52 engines weren't tested or certificated for bird-strike tolerance or turbine-blade containment.
The later civil derivative, the JT8D, shared a core but was a new design outside the hot-section and had to meet all the FAA-mandated requirements.