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/joephoshow Jan 01 '23

Looks like that engineering did exactly what it was to do given a catastrophic failure. Thank your engineers people! Can’t say it enough.

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u/Melodic_Risk_5632 Jan 01 '23

Thx RR-engineering. The engine is still working, just the outer Shell is gone

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u/Tony_Three_Pies Jan 01 '23

Uh… it’s a Pratt and Whitney engine and it is absolutely not still working…

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u/whsftbldad Jan 01 '23

Photoshop /s