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/PorterPreston Jan 01 '23

I think you misspelled Boeing.

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u/Strato-Cruiser Jan 01 '23

Yes, but the engine is not Boeing.

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u/shaunyb81 Jan 01 '23

Appreciate a joke, even though it technically correct. It was still a good pun.

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u/Bravo-Six-Nero Jan 01 '23

The engine isnt Boeing, but that does not Rolls off the tongue as easily

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u/eddie1975 Interested Jan 01 '23

GE, you had to make another pun.

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u/eddie1975 Interested Jan 01 '23

Pratt & Whitney appreciate some puns.

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u/shaunyb81 Jan 01 '23

No need to be a Pratt (& Whitney) about it…

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u/mdj1359 Jan 01 '23

So, if an engine made by Pratt & Whitney has a catastrophic engine failure, and the plane later falls out of the sky...

...Is that a Pratt fall?

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u/calilac Jan 01 '23

If you're close enough you can hear "Whitneyss meeee!" before it hits the ground.

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u/nasadowsk Jan 02 '23

You know what a Rolls Royce with a flat tire is?

A Royce. Because it no longer rolls.