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Qantas jet flies for months with massive tool stuck in engine, and nobody noticed

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 29, 2024
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Qantas Boeing 737-800 (FiledIMAGE / Shutterstock.com_

Occasionally, you hear stories about surgeons who leave sponges or surgical implements inside patients before sewing them up. Here's a similar tale involving a Qantas A380, which flew on several international trips with a 1.25 m nylon turning tool left inside an outboard engine.

During routine maintena…

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