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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 9:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
I wonder if it was an uncontained failure as a NZ 767 experienced lately.</font>
I'm not familiar with the NZ 767 incident, but the CX incident was a fully contained failure. Uncontained failures are EXTREMELY rare occurances and usually warrant an immediate diversion and grounding of the aircraft.

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