Originally Posted by
tdracer
Media reports say that it was uncontained (and we all know the media is never wrong
).
However, in fairness, "uncontained failure" means parts escaped radially from the engine - it doesn't mean they were big pieces. So the size of the hole(s) doesn't matter - that there is a hole suggests that bits exited.
The generally-accepted meaning of "uncontained" is that high-energy rotating parts (blade/disk/etc) escaped radially.
Word on the street is that the P/T probe underneath that access panel is what went through it, likely liberated by the shock that went through the engine when the fan blades impacted the containment ring (and were contained).