Originally Posted by
Back door
How will the FAA or Boeing even get the information required to make an informed decision to check the engines if Iran won't cooperate. I am thinking a fleet wide check might come up soon if even the slimmest of information indicates a uncontained engine failure.....
If it was an uncontained engine failure, the high energy debris will remain with +/- 5 degrees of the plane of rotation. Any engine debris outside that arc would have insufficient energy to penetrate the aluminum structure, so any shrapnel holes outside that arc didn't come from the engine.