London, April 18 (ANI): Engineers have found that a 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.
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)
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.
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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