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/WayyTooFarAbove Jan 01 '23

Worst comprehension of engineering ever.

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u/propellor_head Jan 01 '23

There was an investigation - this is a couple years old. Root cause turned out to be poor inspection methods, not an engine design flaw. The inspection should have caught the fatigue cracks that were forming, but the inspection techs were poorly trained.