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| | Plane's engines have spotty history on safety / Plagued with problems, susceptible to stress fracture, expert says |
 | | "General Electric has been plagued with problems with these CF6 engines," said attorney Tom Ellis, who coordinates aviation disaster research for Nolan Law Group, a Chicago firm. |
 | | In September 2000, a GE CF6 engine on a U.S. Airways Boeing 767 blew up with a terrific boom while it was being tested on the ground in Philadelphia. |
 | | Investigators in yesterday's crash have large, intact pieces of the engines and the pylons to pick over, and that should greatly help determine whether they were responsible for the crash, said Arthur Wolk, a pilot and noted aviation attorney in Philadelphia. |
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