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The engine is designed to hold high pressures, but it ruptured, and then the rapidly expanding gasses tore off other parts of the engine. It didn't disintegrat
by cameldrv 14y ago
The engine is designed to hold high pressures, but it ruptured, and then the rapidly expanding gasses tore off other parts of the engine. It didn't disintegrate, but that sure sounds like an explosion to me.
- pyre 14y agoNot a rocket scientist, but using a car analogy, this sounds like the engine block vented gases and blew off the hood of the car, while the engine block itself received no damage.