1.   But the top blade breaks this mold.

2.   The Brazilian made plane was more than three miles high when a propeller blade broke off its left wing causing it to crash.

3.   Two months earlier, in Miami, an engine blade broke loose and tore into the fuselage of a Tower plane.

4.   A lengthy investigation, which is continuing, found that a weakened fan blade broke loose, shredding the engine and causing damage to the airframe itself.

5.   Birds pose a problem for many airports, as they can be sucked into jet engines, causing turbine blades to break.

6.   The rotor blades broke, of course, they dug into the ground.