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Hotter Than Melting: The Modern Jet Engine
A flaw smaller than a grain of sand, inside a spinning disc, can bring down an airliner. Episode one hundred and fifty four explains how the modern jet engine works, from why fans keep getting bigger to how turbine blades survive gas hotter than their own melting point, and follows the hunt for hidden defects through United 232, Qantas 32, and the powder-metal recall that grounded hundreds of A320neos from 2023, now winding down in 2026. A fictional materials engineer, Rosalind, scans turbine discs in an overhaul shop. Rosalind and her shop are fictional; everything else is sourced in the…
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