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Old 21st Feb 2021, 11:39
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bsieker
 
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blancolirio channel said that the fire continued on the ground. Assuming all shutoff valves worked, all fuel in the engine should have burned off by the time and/or been flushed out, so I think it may have been an oil fire.

The imbalance of a fan-blade-off event will be violent enough to shake the cowling to pieces. Combustion chambers are not known to explode; they are designed to contain an extremely fierce fire, and are open on both ends.
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