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> Seems like it should be a "insert two keys" kind of thing then. So if the plane's engine is actually on fire, you want to lengthen the process the flight cre
by pdonis 3y ago
> Seems like it should be a "insert two keys" kind of thing then.
So if the plane's engine is actually on fire, you want to lengthen the process the flight crew has to go through to extinguish it?
Remember that "engine fire" actually means "plane could be seconds away from a jet fuel explosion".
- phendrenad2 3y agoPossibly, or possibly it would have a tiny effect in the event of a real emergency, and would completely stop what was attempted here. I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it, so I assume that it was dismissed for good reason.
- aaronmdjones 3y agoOr just an engine explosion. These happen more often than you'd think, but they are usually contained; engines are built to try their best to withstand such events. A notable recent exception was QF32. This incident came very close to ruining Qantas' zero-passenger-fatalities-on-a-jet-aircraft-ever streak. It started as an oil leak in engine #2, due to an oil pipe that was manufactured incorrectly. This then lead to an engine fire, and shortly after that, a turbine disc explosively disintegrated, launching three high-velocity fragments radially outward from the engine, severely damaging the aircraft, before the crew could even react to the fire.