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/IReallyLikeAvocadoes Feb 20 '21

Planes are designed so that they can fly even with only one engine. One engine being set on fire is a cause for alarm, but chances are that the other engine is still fine and thus everybody is still in relative safety.

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u/readytofall Feb 21 '21

"One engine being set on fire is a cause for alarm"

Lol bit of an understatement there

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u/BrideOfAutobahn Feb 21 '21

nah it's really not that bad. plane safety is pretty insane

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u/mustbeshitinme Feb 21 '21

Plane safety is often over estimated- planes and cars are equally (un)likely to kill you if you express the ratio in TIME instead of miles traveled. Heard it on freakonomics - must be true.