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  • AIRCRAFT LOSES ENGINE- NEAR TOTAL DISASTER!!!!!

    ...and to think, some airliners only have TWO engines!

    Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.

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    "Captain, we lost #7!" is not something that is heard often.

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    • #3
      Ah yes, the dreaded SEVEN-engine approach...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by ATLcrew View Post
        Ah yes, the dreaded SEVEN-engine approach...

        Beat me to it!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ATLcrew View Post
          Ah yes, the dreaded SEVEN-engine approach...
          Is there also an APU joke in here somewhere?
          Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.

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          • #6
            TFOA

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            • #7
              Actually, if it was the engine pod that detached then they lost two engines !
              An emergency landing with just six engines doesn't bear thinking about.
              Last edited by brianw999; 2017-01-06, 08:45.
              If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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              • #8
                In 1958, I was hired to assist the Unsatisfactory Reports Division of Tinker ARB (0k) engine overhaul facility. It seems that B-52 and B-47 aircraft were experiencing a rash of uncontained engine failures. When one engine failed, the vibration would cause the TWO brittle bolts, also called Fused Bolts, to separate and drop the failed engine free of the aircraft, even if housed in a double engine pod. This usually allowed the aircraft to continue flying without difficulty due to quick disconnect valves and connections. However, some uncontained engine failures ejected parts that would damage an adjacent engine and two engines would fail in a short time, often leading to fatal crashes.

                Early in 2017, a B-52 experienced an engine failure and ejected the engine without further problems. The Air Force Spokesman said to reporters, "This was a one-off incident." Funny, since I spent some time, starting in 1958, investigating many missing engine events per year. However, the military does not report to the FAA so the public does not often learn of how many engines fail per year, unless the failures are obviously public.

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                • #9
                  Do you know for a fact that this latest incident was an uncontained engine failure? (other than the whole engine being uncontained from the airplane, I mean)

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                  • #10
                    "Officials said that there was no threat to public safety and that an investigation has been started."

                    Sure no threat to public safety..The engine will off course always choose a safe location to depart as safety is nr. 1 priority...

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