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    OT: Freaky ****. United flight loses engine. A miracle that plane didn’t go down.

    Routine from simulator training. Not routine in the airplane.... thankfully, as you say. I’ve been twice a year for 15 years, but I still think Level D motion sims are the coolest things around. I’m wondering if the flames were from a friction fire (metal on metal in a mangled engine) as...
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    OT: Freaky ****. United flight loses engine. A miracle that plane didn’t go down.

    Jet airplanes are designed to fly on one engine. They are designed to suffer catastrophic engine failures without catastrophic consequences. The pilots did what they were supposed to do and the whole thing ended uneventfully - as it was designed. AA Flight 191 changed aviation to ensure a total...
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