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Tool found in A380 engine after nearly 300 flight hours (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Pretty safe though eh! The “tool“ was a nylon rod presumably used to turn compressor blades during inspection. “An Airbus A380 operated by Australian airline Qantas clocked over 290 hours of flight time despite a tool having been left inside one of its engines”