manufacturing defect, not UFO , caused the turbine blade failure at a Scottish
wind farm last month.
Manufacturers Siemens, the German engineering company, discovered that the giant turbine blade snapped off because of freak problems with the glue
used to coat it - scotching theories it may have been hit by
lightning or, as some even suggested, an unidentified flying object.
used to coat it - scotching theories it may have been hit by
lightning or, as some even suggested, an unidentified flying object.
The catastrophic failure of the 150ft-long, 14-tonne blade at the Whitelees site near Eaglesham sparked global concerns about the safety of wind
farm equipment .
However, a spokesman for Siemens said that the blade broke off due to what it described as a one-off manufacturing fault in its outer coating.
"We will carry out further investigations but we think there was a manufacturing
defect in the laminate that covers the blade, a weak spot which caused
it to break and fall off," the Scotsman quoted spokesman Oliver
Loenker as saying. (ANI)
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