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UFO wind turbine 'broke due to mechanical failure not collision with flying object'
February 10, 2009 by Matthew Moore in Telegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2009 by Matthew Moore in Telegraph.co.uk
A 65 ft blade that flew off the turbine came loose after bolts attaching it to the hub failed, not because of a collision, examination of the components has revealed. ..."The bolt failure was the effect not the cause of the problem. They have ruled out bolt fatigue and design problems, and we know that they were properly put on," said Dale Vince the co-founder of Ecotricity, which owns the farm.
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Ultimate wind power destroys turbine at Scapegoat Hill
December 1, 2011 in Huddersfield Daily Examiner
December 1, 2011 in Huddersfield Daily Examiner
A wind turbine came crashing down as high winds and burst of torrential rain swept across Huddersfield.
The turbine was one of two that had been put up on fields off Halifax Road at Scapegoat Hill earlier this year. It fell down on Tuesday when squalls are thought to have reached 80mph on the top of hills and moors.
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