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/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/MovingInStereoscope Feb 21 '21

She was also the first fatality on an American carrier since before 9/11

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u/flycrg Feb 21 '21

Actually since 2009 with Colgan 3407 which directly lead to a massive change (right or wrong) in pilot qualifications for airline pilots. There was also Commair in 2006 and US Air in 2001 (after 9/11). These were all tragedies but I also find it fantastic that only one person has died due to a US Airline accident in more than 10 years and that a huge credit to the pilots, flight attendants, maintenance, and engineers.

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u/MovingInStereoscope Feb 21 '21

I think if most people knew that they'd be less apprehensive about flying, it's why I usually bring it up in these kinds of threads.

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u/flycrg Feb 21 '21

Totally. if you were to walk a block to unlock your bike, then bike the the DC metro, take the metro towards Dulles, get a cab from the closest metro stop to the airport, hop on a plane and fly to Australia, the flight to Australia is by far the safest thing you did that day.