Chicken and Egg.
As in which came first, is an old, unresolved argument. The case of the missing propeller promises to be along similar lines. Did ‘vibration’ cause the failure or, did the failure of something cause the vibration? Either way, it will take the engineers some time to establish the root cause, forensic investigation, reverse engineering style. It is tough on ‘Rex’ and their passengers to have aircraft out of service; but excellent for the engineers as they have other comparative engines to examine; which have not experienced problems. It would be a bugger if this was a 'one-off'. I don’t know whether FADEC or similar is used, but it’s a fair bet that it is and that information will be priceless.
Time, money, expertise, probity and patience will solve the puzzle.
As in which came first, is an old, unresolved argument. The case of the missing propeller promises to be along similar lines. Did ‘vibration’ cause the failure or, did the failure of something cause the vibration? Either way, it will take the engineers some time to establish the root cause, forensic investigation, reverse engineering style. It is tough on ‘Rex’ and their passengers to have aircraft out of service; but excellent for the engineers as they have other comparative engines to examine; which have not experienced problems. It would be a bugger if this was a 'one-off'. I don’t know whether FADEC or similar is used, but it’s a fair bet that it is and that information will be priceless.
Time, money, expertise, probity and patience will solve the puzzle.