Originally Posted by
Bus429
The photographs indicate an uncontained failure (maybe related to turbine but that could be the result of another failure further foward; who knows?). That debris had punctured the wing makes a serious incident more serious.
Areas of the wings in the axis of the rotors are dry and do not contain fuel, in case of a failure like this. The AA fuel leak and fire you talk about occurred because the aircraft was on the ground, which reflected the debris back up.