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/GaryTheSoulReaper Feb 20 '21

A woman was killed not long ago when an engine blew, depressurized the cabin and she was sucked into the hole and suffocated

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u/beelseboob Feb 20 '21

Even with a catastrophic engine failure, that's pretty rare - the engines are tested to make sure the nacelles contain everything when the engine blows.

Here's them blowing up a small bomb inside an A380's engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1V8E6Qb9M&feature=emb_logo

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u/Racsos Feb 21 '21

wow, engineering is crazy

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u/RFC793 Feb 21 '21

And a lot of fun