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[i]2003 Dec 2: NASA Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft - engine thrust reverser fell off aircraft in flight: A NASA Gulfstream II shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) was flying a series of simulated shuttle landings to the Kennedy Space Center shuttle landing facility. Onboard the aircraft was an unidentified NASA astronaut pilot and two training personnel. The aircraft was on final approach at 13,000 feet when onboard instruments indicated a malfunction on one of the jet engine thrust reversers. The aircraft landed safely. A post landing inspection showed that one of the 585-pound, 4 foot wide, 5 - foot long thrust reversers had fallen off the aircraft. Divers later found the thrust reverser on the bottom of the nearby Banana River. An investigation showed that a bolt failed, causing the part to fall off the aircraft.[/i]
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