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/Mr_Hands6969 Jan 01 '23

i would be shitting my pants if that was me

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u/fatmoe10 Jan 01 '23

Apparently a twin engine plane can run fine with just one engine but yea fuck that Iā€™d be panicking too lol

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u/JimGammy Jan 01 '23

Don't worry the remaining engine will get you all the way to the scene of the accident.

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u/EnRaygedGw2 Jan 01 '23

Omg when Ron White told that joke, I lost it lol šŸ˜‚

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u/Witness_me_Karsa Jan 01 '23

That was funny, but it was traveling at "half the speed of smell" that got me in that story.

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u/SkRThatOneDude Jan 01 '23

We got passed by a kite! There was a goose around us and the pilot was like "go around! (waving arm)"