forgive the thread drift
RatherBeFlying stated:-
As a pilot, he always insisted that we sit well away from the propellers in case they let go -- he followed the accident reports.
I recall seeing the result of a propeller having let go on a Vickers Viscount, I believe it was a 810. I was working at Marshall of Cambridge circa June 1964and in the Hangar was a Viscount where the inboard port propeller had let go and ripped up and over the top of the cabin. Fortunately the port toilet was located at that point and I believe that there were no casualties. I cannot remember the operator of the aircraft.
The only other incident of a similar incident involving a Viscount was on a Trans-Canada Airlines Vickers Viscount, CF-TGR,on the 07/07/56,which shed a propeller blade over Flat Rock, Michigan. The blade entered the passenger cabin, killing one.