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Or 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 eve
by aaronmdjones 3y ago
Or 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.