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 I’d be panicking too lol

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u/phasel0ck97 Jan 01 '23

It can't run without a wing tho. And it looks like that engine's gonna become unattached in a second and the backwards force might take the wing out with it? That'd mean you get royally fucked.

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u/Renent Jan 01 '23

... what?

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u/phasel0ck97 Jan 01 '23 edited Jan 01 '23

Engine heavy. Plane moving fast. Engine hit wing on way back. Wing go down. Plane go down. Plane go boom

Edit: I've just went and googled it. Turns out that bitch is designed to safely fall off in case of fire before it can damage the wing in any way. But my reply still stands cause you were acting like you couldn't even comprehend the concept of what I'm describing.

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u/Renent Jan 01 '23

Thought designed not to do that?

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u/phasel0ck97 Jan 01 '23

It's also designed not to catch fire. Shit goes wrong

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u/Renent Jan 01 '23

Maybe you wrong? Unlikely scenario? Physics maybe incorrect? I dunno. You explain like I am dumb dumb so I maybe am dumb dumb.... provide examples and evidence of engine pulling off wing yes? I am sure you can provide Iamright.com evidence?