Originally Posted by
Dave Therhino
The initial NTSB press releases for 3472 incorrectly used the term "uncontained" (as does Wikipedia), but if you read the subsequent NTSB accident report for 1380 in the section on previous incidents they state the fan blade in the 3472 event did not breach the containment ring or the debris shield that was part of the inlet inner wall structure, and they do not use the term "uncontained" in that later summary of the 3472 event.
Not only is it referred to in the later SWA1380 report, but it's also stated explicitly in the SWA3472 Final Report that Simon kindly supplied a link to (above):
"The fan case had no through-hole penetrations and showed no evidence of an uncontainment [sic]
". (P16)