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Engine Blade Crack Prompts Grounding Of F-35 Fleet

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The Pentagon has suspended flights for its entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters following the discovery of a crack on an engine blade during a routine inspection. The Pentagon’s F-35 program office said Friday a crack was found on a low pressure turbine blade on an F-135 engine built by Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies [UTX], during a Feb. 19 inspection. It marks the second grounding related to the program since last month, when the Marine…

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