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Debris falls from sky over Denver after Boeing 777 engine catches fire before emergency landing; no injuries reported | Videos - South Florida Sun Sentinel - South Florida Sun-Sentinel (sun-sentinel.com)
Just another reason not to fly unless I have no choice.
And stay inside? with all the carbon monoxide?Be sure not to drive, swim or go to the bathroom either.
I wonder of there was a disc failure. Those usually are found in the ground, due to extreme impact energy. The outer debris doesn't quite hit as hard.
In any case, there seems to be an issue with uncontained failures. Looks like the composite isn't up to the task.
Pretty sure that United B777s have a 330 minute ETOPS rating.This was a flight scheduled for Hawaii. If this happens over the ocean...I wonder how far they could have flown with the engine like that.
They likely could have made to where ever the nearest airport was at the time time engine blew up. Once they get up and to cruising altitude the can easily run without one or 2 engines. They need the thrust on all mainly to get in the air. Safety procedures are to land at the nearest airfield that can support the landing distance incase they lose another. In this case the pilots did exactly the correct procedure in that that had enough altitude to turn around and land. from where they took off from. He deserves every kudos he earned!This was a flight scheduled for Hawaii. If this happens over the ocean...I wonder how far they could have flown with the engine like that.
2 would be important to still have, since it only had 2 engines...They likely could have made to where ever the nearest airport was at the time time engine blew up. Once they get up and to cruising altitude the can easily run without one or 2 engines. They need the thrust on all mainly to get in the air. Safety procedures are to land at the nearest airfield that can support the landing distance incase they lose another. In this case the pilots did exactly the correct procedure in that that had enough altitude to turn around and land. from where they took off from. He deserves every kudos he earned!
Max stress is on take off. Not sure a disc would blow at cruise.This was a flight scheduled for Hawaii. If this happens over the ocean...I wonder how far they could have flown with the engine like that.
Max stress is on take off. Not sure a disc would blow at cruise.
I think it's pretty hard to get that far from an airport. Flight plans loosely follow the path of accommodating airports for this reason.Yes, but even though the engine was still powered, I wonder how long it would have lasted being exposed like that. Wouldn't it also increase drag on that side of the plane? If you're a thousand miles from an airport, I gotta wonder if the engine holds up. It seemed to be shaking a good bit in the video.
I think it's pretty hard to get that far from an airport. Flight plans loosely follow the path of accommodating airports for this reason.
True that. I live here and didn't hear about it til this thread.Yes, but this plane was headed to Honolulu. Not exactly a lot of options when flying over the Pacific. Just fortunate this happened right after takeoff and not mid-flight.
They likely could have made to where ever the nearest airport was at the time time engine blew up. Once they get up and to cruising altitude the can easily run without one or 2 engines. They need the thrust on all mainly to get in the air. Safety procedures are to land at the nearest airfield that can support the landing distance incase they lose another. In this case the pilots did exactly the correct procedure in that that had enough altitude to turn around and land. from where they took off from. He deserves every kudos he earned!
Window seats suck.