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With the engine ruptured, still operating and the fuel leaking, how did they know the whole thing is not gonna explode at any moment?
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
With the engine ruptured, still operating and the fuel leaking, how did they know the whole thing is not gonna explode at any moment?
- aaronmdjones 3y agoThey didn't, which is why they shut it down.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoI've read the ruptured engine was still operating for 3 hours after the plane landed.
- mauvehaus 3y agoEngine 1 was continuing to operate after landing because the fuel shutoff valves were inoperative. Engine 2 was the engine that had the uncontained failure.
- aaronmdjones 3y agoThe ruptured engine (#2) was shut down within a minute of the incident, in-flight. Two of the remaining engines (#3, #4) were shut down after landing. The last engine (#1) could not be shut down and had to be drowned in fire-fighting foam. This is in the article.