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Accident: Southern Air B742 at Frankfurt on Sep 24th 2010, rejected takeoff due to uncontained engine failure
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Sep 25th 2010 14:35Z, last updated Saturday, Sep 25th 2010 14:35Z
A Southern Air Transport Boeing 747-200 freighter on behalf of Malaysian Airlines, registration N758SA performing flight MH-6145 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Tashkent (Uzbekistan),
rejected takeoff from Frankfurt's runway 18 after engine #3 (CF6, inner right) suffered an uncontained failure and slowed safely.
The airplane received substantial damage.
An observer on the ground reported, that debris from the engine penetrated the right hand wing, leading edge flaps, trailing edge flaps and the gear doors
prompting the observer to say they "look like Swiss Cheese".
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