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fuselage at approximately station 360. This was later matched to the intake profile of the No 3 engine. The status of the controls and switches on the flight deck was consistent with normal operation in cruising flight. There were noOpen official document at PDF page 25AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie
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which had evidently been caused by the separating forward fuselage section striking the No 3 engine as it swung rearwards and to the right (confirmed by No 3 engine fan cowl damage). Tailplane three-dimensional reconstruction The tailplane structural design tookOpen official document at PDF page 36AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie
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velocity and therefore sustained major damage, in particular to most of the fan blades. The No 3 engine had fallen 1,100 metres north of the other three engines, striking the ground on its rear face, penetrating a road surface andOpen official document at PDF page 37AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie
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of a ball of fire with a trail of flame. Its final path indicated that this was the No 3 engine, which embedded itself in a road in the north-east part of the town. A small post impact fire posedOpen official document at PDF page 39AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie
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this event. By similar reasoning, the absence of such shingling damage on blades of No 3 engine was a reliable indication that it suffered no ingestion until well into the accident sequence. The combination of the position of the explosiveOpen official document at PDF page 47AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie
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the time at which debris from the explosion first inflicted damage to fan blades in No 3 engine and, since the fan is only approximately 40 feet from the location of the explosive device, this would have been an insignificantOpen official document at PDF page 48AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie