Originally Posted by
Pugilistic Animus
I don't know if this is true but a long while ago I think I remember hearing that in the event of an uncontrollable engine fire that the engine mounts are designed to let the engine separate...would love confirmation if that is true
I worked Propulsion for Boeing Commercial for nearly 40 years - never, ever heard of a design objective to have the engine release in the event of a fire.
Structural overload (e.g. seized rotor or gear up landing)? Yes (think the infamous fuse pins) but not for fire/overheat.
The design
requirement is to extinguish the fire...
If you've pulled the fire handle (designed to shutoff any fuel source to the fire) and fired both bottles (designed to extinguish the fire) and still have a raging fire it's likely you're already structurally compromised for fuel to still be feeding it...