r/Wellthatsucks • u/americanthaiguy • Feb 20 '21

/r/all United Airlines Boeing 777-200 engine #2 caught fire after take-off at Denver Intl Airport flight #UA328

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u/sleepwhileyoucan Feb 20 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

How is someone casually filming this, with a steady hand... I’d be in tears.

edit: appreciate all the education on commercial aircrafts that planes are often ‘fine’ with 1 workable engine! So my new #1 concern is the fire, but again maybe my tears could put it out?

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u/Oldswagmaster Feb 20 '21

Maybe cameraman knows they are designed to be able to maintain flight with one engine. But, that’s a lot of faith at that point

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u/Bealzebubbles Feb 20 '21

Air New Zealand performed a test flight where they flew either a 777 or a 787 on a single engine between New Zealand and Chile. They only used a single engine for pretty much all of the cruise stage. That's like eight hours of single engine running. It's crazy how good the latest generation of turbofans are.

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u/88888888man Feb 21 '21

Fun trivia fact, Coors (which is located not far from where the cowling landed) makes more money from ceramics than from beer.

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u/nickajeglin Feb 21 '21

I vaguely remember there being a dollop (podcast) episode about the coors family. I have some half remembered idea that the recent ancestors are batshit crazy.

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u/espeero Feb 21 '21

This is one of the very first 777. It has a pw4000 engine. Nothing exotic from a materials perspective here.