Originally Posted by J.O.
Dump enough water into any fire (including a turbofan), and it will go out. How would you propose the regulators handle this? Prohibit flying in rain?
By ensuring that the product can endure an encounter with severe weather to provide freedom from flame out up to no more than one event in 100 million hours.
The flip side of this, is how often are you willing to have a multiple engine flame out when flying in rain of unknown quantity?