Turbojet Engine Failure Prevention

THREE Boeing airliners recently suffered in-flight uncontained engine failures in as many days, the last weekend of February 2021. A United Boeing 777 out of Denver AND a Delta Boeing 757 out of Atlanta AND a Longtail Boeing 747 out of Holland. Engine parts were scattered across the countryside, damaging homes and vehicles, luckily only injuring a few people. All aircraft suffered minor damage, but if any had a fuel tank ripped open, they would have most likely caught fire and crashed, killing all on board; as has happened to many other aircraft.

This has prompted me to explain why I tried, years ago, to develop an in-flight turbojet engine failure warning system and how it was canceled. I only wish I had tried harder.

Hundreds have been damaged or destroyed and thousands of lives lost in the past to uncontained engine failures; which might have been saved. It is only a matter of time before another uncontained engine...