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Old 20th Nov 2017, 21:58
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As the designer responsible for an uncontained engine failure (on the test bed) some 55 years ago, that was about the most exciting moment of my life.
To have a similar failure in a static aeroplane (pilot action irrelevant except to instruct an evac after the event) would be like playing Russian roulette.
To have such a failure in a moving/airborne plane is more like playing Russian roulette with a revolver with an unknown number of bullets loaded.
Skill plus luck required.
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