From
Defense News:
In a separate interview at Minot Air Force Base that morning, head of Air Force Global Strike Command Gen. Robin Rand offered a similar assessment.“The engine didn’t just fall off. The engine had a failure inside the engine, and it shelled itself,” he said.
Now that we know everyone's safe, I can't help wishing there had been a camera around to catch that happening. An engine shelling itself like an extremely angry peanut ...