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Old 27th Jan 2019, 05:08
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Machinbird
 
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Back in the 1960's, there was a 707 that suffered an uncontained outboard engine failure. Due to the resultant damage and fire, they eventually lost not only the engine, but all the wing outboard of the engine pylon. Even with that much damage, the aircraft was readily controllable and landed safely.
I remember reading about it in the newspaper. Saw a picture taken from below. I was impressed.

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