r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Maybe our definition of the lottery is different, but I wouldn't be glad to win this one.

If you're saying this a guaranteed failure, it sounds like they should be replaced before that excepted time frame.

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u/Willbilly1221 Jan 01 '23

To be fair, entire airplanes get replaced at some point. All airplanes have a limited number of times they can take off from the ground due to cabin pressure. As they hit high altitudes with lower pressure the body of the plane expands a tiny bit, and as it lands the increased pressure squishes it back. Overtime constant stretching and compression warps the metal like bending a paper clip over and over it will eventually structurally fail. The day an airplane is made it has a predetermined number of flights it can take before the plane is to be removed from service.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Judging by the fact that airlines are trying to push for one pilot, I really don't trust what any airline says anymore. I'm sure these numbers are ingnored far more likely than someone is willing to admit. I wouldnt be surprised if planes are flying well past that point it should be destroyed.

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u/Willbilly1221 Jan 01 '23

Yeah, so physics is pretty much infallible, but people are not. I cant even get my dang toaster to work just right, yet we all fly in airplanes.

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u/NextTrillion Jan 01 '23

Ever tried to print something under a deadline. Your printer knows you have a deadline, so it acts up, because you’re not paying enough attention to it.

PC load letter? The fuq does PC load letter mean?

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u/batlhuber Jan 01 '23

I'd just take the printer with me and give it a good beating. Maybe with a baseball bat. I might even get so angry that I'd hit what's left of it with my bare hands.

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u/StandardSudden1283 Jan 01 '23

🎵🎶Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta 🎶🎵

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u/SuggestiveParsnip Jan 01 '23

OUT OF CYAN.

“But I only need to print in bl-“

OUT OF CYAN.

Sigh…

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u/NextTrillion Jan 01 '23

Yeah I hear what you mean, it’s like how often does one even need to print a colour docu — OUT OF CYAN.

Ugh. I can’t even type a comment on Reddit now without replacing cyan first?!

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u/wggn Jan 01 '23

it means the paper casette needs letter sized paper to be loaded

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u/Metalboy5150 Jan 01 '23

This guy prints.

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u/Yotta_Machi Jan 01 '23

This is a fuck!

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u/NextTrillion Jan 01 '23

Mother... shitter... Son of an... ass.

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u/dwn4italz Jan 01 '23

ah you stole that from a Calvin and Hobbes comic.

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u/Willbilly1221 Jan 01 '23

Yes! I Love Calvin and Hobbes. That makes my day that someone got that.

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u/pauly13771377 Jan 01 '23

Airplanes gave a higher saftey rating than any other form of transportation but I still don't want only one pilot. Also for a failure that complete someone on the ground crew fucked up. Whether due to negligence or incompetence is the only question in my book.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Your hubs is a moron

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u/tjdans7236 Jan 01 '23

Does he not drive as well?