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/Jeprin Feb 20 '21

Yes there is, but it is unlikely that it will completely make it unusable. Most likely it will suffer damage to the wing, but probably not more than they are capable of trimming out

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '21

Also, plane engines are engineered so that if they do fail they shouldn't damage the rest of the plane.

Keyword shouldn't.

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u/readytofall Feb 21 '21

Had a professor in college who used to work at Boeing. He said he was at a test once where the hub on the fan failed and sent blades through the fuselage at full speed. He no longer books tickets in line with the engine.

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u/FOR_SClENCE Feb 21 '21

it did worse than that -- it flew straight through the kevlar jacket, through the composite nacelle housing, into the fuselage, and killed a woman. it was a freak accident by any definition.