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  1. JD08

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

    We don't know what point this video was taken, but I'd guess soon after the first sign of a problem because at the beginning you see a piece fall off. If you notice the flames die out so that may be when the fuel stopped flowing and what was left was friction.
  2. JD08

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

    It could a simple negligent maintenance worker forgetting something. Could foreign object damage do this though?
  3. JD08

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

    Me too! But not since I got my new car. Been meaning to because I know I can get in the 12's.
  4. JD08

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

    I should be offended that you left off Pratt & Whitney since they paid for a good part of my UM education.
  5. JD08

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

    I got what you were after, I was just saying it's not necessarily a crucial part of the machine. Kind of like your car can drive without a hood, fenders and bumper cover, but if you found yourself in that situation, you probably wouldn't want to take a long drive on I95. Not to mention the...
  6. JD08

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

    It looks like the engine itself was mostly still there, it was the nacelle that fell apart.
  7. JD08

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

    Spirit brags that they have the youngest fleet in the air.
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