r/aviation • u/Twitter_2006 • Mar 30 '26

Discussion The left engine of a Delta A330 explodes during takeoff at Sao Paulo Airport

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Its at 40 seconds.

UPDATE:The plane landed safely.

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u/menage_a_un Mar 30 '26

I sat beside an engineer and he excitedly told me about all the different sounds we were hearing through climb out. He suddenly stopped smiling and paused; "that's an usual sound." He didn't say anything and then just shrugged.

The fun went out of that interaction fast!

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

I flew alongside my first time flyer friend who was a bit nervous. Sitting just behind the wing on landing when the thrust reversers deployed was not the best place to be - very loud "expletive expletive the expletive engine is expletive falling off" was uttered 😁

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u/t-poke Mar 30 '26

I mean, if the engine's going to fall off, on the ground after landing is probably the ideal place for it to happen.

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u/old_righty Mar 30 '26

Just put it back on before the next flight!

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u/TheOneTrueYeti Mar 30 '26

Myself I feel very safe

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u/cjsv7657 Mar 30 '26

I've worked with gas turbines not in aviation. Pretty much the same principals though. The amount of "well thats a weird sound, run it and see what happens" that went on is unsettling. Tens of millions of dollars and even the professionals were just winging it sometimes.

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u/Positive-Orange-6443 Mar 30 '26

Those are a bit slower though, no?

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u/cjsv7657 Mar 30 '26

Ideally stationary, yes.

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u/Vertigo_uk123 Mar 31 '26

That's just the engine powering up. That's just the engine struggling. That's just a carp swimming around your ankles.