uncontained engine faliure...I would say that is an exciting event!
"An engine on an Atlanta-bound Spirit Airlines jet where passengers said they heard an explosion and saw flames sustained an especially serious type of failure, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Wednesday.
The official told The Associated Press that it was an "uncontained" engine failure, meaning broken pieces and parts of the engine escaped the outer engine housing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly."
An uncontained failure on a engine that's as ubiquitous as the V2500 is extremely worrying.
But I'd be interested to know who was actually manning the NTSB yesterday - most of their staff have been furloughed due to the federal budget shenanigans.
Possibly the "official" doesn't want to be identified because diagnosing engine failure modes is outside his comfort zone ?