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Delta: Part Rains On Long Island


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Contact photographer Yochai Mossi

What: Delta Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from New York JFK, NY to Tokyo Japan,
Where: New York
When: Nov 5th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the plane dropped parts, although arriving safely in Japan.

Investigation proved the part to be an engine exhaust cone lost in Long Island during departure. The purpose of the engine exhaust cone is to eliminate the “vortex of the exhaust stream, optimizing the airflow and improving engine efficiency”

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