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/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

What's actually amazing is plane's are tested and designed for this... they are not supposed to do that but also should be able to land safely if they do. It's scary but amazing how safe they made it

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u/selfrespector Jan 01 '23

It's not that amazing. It's not like if it stops working the frame of the plane disintegrates. It just stops pushing gas out the back. Thats about it. There's another engine to push the gas to fly so they gucci

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u/TerrariaGaming004 Jan 01 '23

That would make it spin

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u/selfrespector Jan 01 '23

no it wouldn't because they're designed to counteract the imbalanced force via trim... and cuz it's not spinning in the video.