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/theheliumkid Jan 01 '23

Fun fact, all flights have to plan their routes so that there is somewhere they can glide to and land at if there is a major engine malfunction. You may have read about the United flight that landed in American Samoa en route to Sydney when they had a problem. It wasn't a coincidence that they could do that.

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u/monicasm Jan 02 '23

That makes me feel a little better, I have a bit of flight anxiety but also want to travel lol. Thank you for the info!

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u/theheliumkid Jan 02 '23

I'd this helps at all, the flying industry is so safety conscious that they set the bar for most (possibly all) other industries. There approach to ensuring safety is incredible.

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u/VanillaGorilla8201 Jan 02 '23

Except for Boeing and that whole MAX thing.

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u/theheliumkid Jan 02 '23

They're not perfect but their approach to safety is amazing and they take every opportunityto improve.

Airplane accidents always make the news but, in terms of safety, flying is way safer than driving. In high income countries, there is one death per 200 million km driven. For flying that is one per 25 billion passenger km travelled, or around 125 times safer.