Engine Explosion on United Airlines Flight

[Pops1967GTX]

https://breaking911.com/breaking-plane-debris-falls-from-sky-in-broomfield-colorado/


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[davek]

How much will he get

 

[Richard Cranium]

Yikes!

 

[Ceedawg]

Two f

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Two free complimentary rides to Fargo ND

 

[dadsbee]

How much will he get View attachment 1072367

If he removes any steel parts... 2 cents a pound...

 

[JimCoronette]

That would be the ultimate mancave decoration. Great conversation starter. Unfortunately it's FAA property and will be retrieved for failure analysis testing.

A picture is worth a thousand words though.

 

[toolmanmike]

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Probably sucked up a drone!

 

[JackR]

That inlet ring weighed a couple thousand. Lucky nothing got hit with that. Catastrophic engine failure is so unusual. Thus two engine aircraft are all that are made anymore.

 

[toolmanmike]

That inlet ring weighed a couple thousand. Lucky nothing got hit with that. Catastrophic engine failure is so unusual. Thus two engine aircraft are all that are made anymore.

Exactly. Overengineered is a good thing.

 

[snakeoil24]

Happens more than you know! Prolly a fatigued fan blade if rolls Royce or a bunch of birds decided to be hamburger for the day.

 

[whyjay]

Glad it’s flight path was north/west and not south out of DIA!

 

[Ironbuilt]

Happens more than you know! Prolly a fatigued fan blade if rolls Royce or a bunch of birds decided to be hamburger for the day.

I believe that it's a RR Trent 800.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_800

 

[khryslerkid]

Happened in 2018 on a Southwest 737 when a woman waa partially sucked out of a window when the engine exploded.
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ncy-southwest-landing-engine-explosion-latest

 

[zyzzyx]

I had to laugh when I saw the Kevlar safety belting laying in the intersection!
Now I'm reading it was a Pratt & Whiney 4000.

 

[snakeoil24]

I believe that it's a RR Trent 800.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_800

It could be RR has been having issues with fatigue on titanium, compressor section blades..

 

[Ironbuilt]

It could be RR has been having issues with fatigue on titanium, compressor section blades..

My wife worked for United Airlines Corporate for 10 years and was involved in the introduction of the 777.

 

[snakeoil24]

The planes are still the best built in the world! Boeing that is! I never liked the idea of 2 engines. Nor do i like the idea of fly by wire. Hydraulics and cables are still safer.

 

[Ironbuilt]

The planes are still the best built in the world! Boeing that is! I never liked the idea of 2 engines. Nor do i like the idea of fly by wire. Hydraulics and cables are still safer.

I remember when they introduced the 777, she had a tour before they were put online. She told me that she thought that 2 engines for such a large airplane was scary. That was a little over 5 years ago.

 

[snakeoil24]

It's nut's why would you ever do that? Sure the new engines are better and bigger and push more air but the longest safest record was the 727 with 3 engines they could land with one. They were small planes.

 

[Ironbuilt]

It's nut's why would you ever do that? Sure the new engines are better and bigger and push more air but the longest safest record was the 727 with 3 engines they could land with one. They were small planes.

I would think that 4 smaller engines would be more efficient.