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Old May 30, 2019, 1:06 pm
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nancypants
 
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Originally Posted by Misco60
"Chunk" is quite descriptive enough for most of us flyers who can't even tell one type of plane from another. I don't need to know the correct name or purpose of the chunk, only whether it's critical for the safe operation of the aircraft or not.
personally i’d have put the quotes around “engine”, as I suspect any chunk is not actually part of it. More likely the cowling

if it’s a fan blade or something else actually from the engine something has gone quite wrong!!
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