Originally Posted by
GarageYears
Can anyone recall an uncontainable engine failure on a 737 (or equivalent) that:
a) caused a significant inflight fire
b) brought the aircraft down
c) created a crew load such no contact with ATC occurred
- GY
How about a gaping hole in the fuselage that resulted in a passenger being sucked out?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a9210171.html
or
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-...blowup/9678856
Two instances of fairly new 737's suffering catastrophic engine failure. All it needs is for all that shrapnel to destroy a significant portion of wing and fuel tank and you get a fireball in the sky.
It could also be a SAM after all missiles were flying that night.
You could also speculate MAC with a drone - I am sure an unnamed nation or two will have had some rather large RPAS flying around and keeping tabs on things.