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Air travel is super safe

Not routine at all , thankfully

Video was shot after explosion obviously. Engine was shut down. You don’t feed fuel to a fire.

Some of the shrapnel from the explosion had to go through the fan IMO, which would cause damage and throw off the balance causing the vibration. It is still spinning fast enough it appears to be counter rotating which it is surely not

I’m not gonna speculate. I don’t know that engine at all. I won’t be surprised at anything though. I’m not thinking bird strike stuff as much as de-icer system maybe wasn’t working? Hard to say, it will likely take months of investigation to determine

And when I say Rolls and GE strictly, I mean they are the only 2 options on the model We currently build at the facility I work at

I work in commercial, we strictly use Rolls and GE. But I would say Pratt and Whitney and GE would be at the top. Commercial wise.

I really wish people understood these things, but like you were saying from the jump, most don’t. All you see is more bad press for Boeing, when actually, it had nothing to do with Boeing except it was bolted to a Boeing made plane. In fact, Boeing should be getting praises for the plane staying...

Also the fire gets smaller as the video progresses, more fuel would definitely not have that effect. They were also dumping fuel, which would serve more than one purpose. Lighten load, as well as in case of the worst, not be loaded if it came down the hard way, if you know wat I mean. 😳

I responded to you and said the engine would be shut down. The initial explosion would cause the pilots to go to checklist and a burning engine would not be left running. That video was after the explosion of course. That engine was not being supplied fuel at that point. It was on fire! I have...

That was included in the etc part 😂. We only have 2 options to date on the model built at the facility I am at, Rolls and GE. I have spent a lot of time across the street from P&W at the drag strip though 😝

The fuel is shut off. We have seen a case once that a sensor malfunction was showing fuel was shut off but it was actually still pumping fuel. It resulted in a fire. Hard to say, but that was a catastrophic failure on an older aircraft. And lots of wiring and hydraulics that would burn as well

Also like to point out that Boeing doesn’t make or maintain any of the engines. Most common practices today for commercial airlines, they lease the engines and they are maintained by the manufacturers. IE Rolls Royce , GE , etc

I understand, but that would be shut down immediately. The plane is at cruising speed I would assume so you are at 300+ mph I would say. The fan will still turn, they turn on the tarmac from a light breeze. That fan was no doubt damaged from debris getting sucked through but appears mostly in...

The engine was shut down I promise.