SWISS RJ100 diversion to FRA.
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No fatalities or major injuries have resulted from uncontained engine failures in BAe146 / Avro RJ aircraft.
On the ALF 502 the fan has a overspeed protection system designed to cut the fuel off when the fan speed reaches 104%. Unfortunately in this instance there was a fault in the system and it didn’t overspeed shut down, so the fan sped away to destruction.
As a result of this incident all 502's were modified to incorporate two overspeed systems that are independent of each other.
I have seen the aircraft in question and it does have a couple of large skin patches adjacent to the number three engine!
Vick Van Guard, xodus nothing in the records about fatalities nor a fan failure. However, I recall a report that part of the centrifugal compressor was uncontained during an engine failure in China. Also, a turbine blade did make it as far as the cabin when an engine failed in Mexico due to a bearing failure after poor maintenance.
