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> disintegrating jet engines sometimes cause problems by shooting fragments of turbine into the body of the plane. The most famous uncontained engine failure i
by rectang 6y ago
> disintegrating jet engines sometimes cause problems by shooting fragments of turbine into the body of the plane.
The most famous uncontained engine failure incident was the 1989 Sioux City crash of United 232, where exploding fan blade bits took out all hydraulic lines and the plane became nearly uncontrollable. The pilots almost got it on the ground using only engine thrust to control the plane, but it crashed as it came in and 112 people died.
Similar hydraulic problems arising from uncontained engine failure caused Baikal Airlines Flight 130 to go down in 1994 (125 fatalities), and a 1984 Aeroflot crash (110 fatalities).
Shrapnel from exploding engines also killed two passengers on Delta 1288 in 1996, and led to a fatality in in a 1973 incident on National Airlines 27.
Uncontained engine failure is not common and it's very serious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine_engine_failure#Notable_uncontained_engine_failure_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine_engine_failure#Notable...
- cmurf 6y agoThat page lists this 777 flight as having had an uncontained engine failure, but from photos, video and reporting so far, it's not clear it's uncontained. Contained failures mean the disintegrating parts don't exit the engine casing, they either remain inside the engine casing or exit out the back. The reporting so far is that all parts exited out the back, not through the engine casing in a way that could have caused catastrophic damage to other parts of the plane.
- adaml_623 6y agoBut I think we can agree that the passengers on the plane would not have known that information and would understandably and reasonably have been very worried and/or terrified.