Quite an uncontained engine failure
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Quite an uncontained engine failure
https://twitter.com/raulcanelos/stat...68674420297728
Kudos to the crew for bringing it down safely.
Kudos to the crew for bringing it down safely.
Is it just me, or does it look as though all the actual engine-y parts are still intact? Like the fan and everything behind it?
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Quite an uncontained engine failure
That's why there's another donk on the other wing.
BTW, the absurd dialogue in that link is the reason I never signed up for Twitter.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq40IDpUAAAcrqn.jpg:orig
Hi-res pic of damage to wing root and more scarily just below the windows.
Source: https://twitter.com/jonostrower/stat...074496/photo/1
Hi-res pic of damage to wing root and more scarily just below the windows.
Source: https://twitter.com/jonostrower/stat...074496/photo/1
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It appears that The Inlet Cowl has failed structurally as the remaining part of the assembly is still attached to the Engine Fan Case. The failure appears to have gone into the Wing Leading Edge and Fuselage then left an Oval shaped impact on the Stabilizer Leading Edge.
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And possible loss of cabin pressure too as pax & crew were on oxygen: https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20160827-0
It seem that we're missing the critical evidence in the cropped pic of the fan.
Most likely the engine was involved and contained, but the bits spitting forward did the damage.
Let's see what other pics turn up
Most likely the engine was involved and contained, but the bits spitting forward did the damage.
Let's see what other pics turn up
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red protrusions at top of nacelle
What are those two red levers? just to the left and right of top center of the nacelle and just forward of the pylon? They look like they ought to be pushed down into their slots.
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Jon Ostrower of Wall Street Journal is doing some fine reporting on this right now..
https://twitter.com/jonostrower/stat...35472205242368
https://twitter.com/jonostrower/stat...35472205242368
Some of the links in this thread don't work (at least not for me), but it appears all the fan blades are still there. About the only thing that could go wrong with the engine itself that could cause the inlet to separate would be a fan blade release and I don't see any evidence of that.
I'd wonder about a malfunction of the inlet anti-ice
I'd wonder about a malfunction of the inlet anti-ice
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What are those two red levers? just to the left and right of top center of the nacelle and just forward of the pylon? They look like they ought to be pushed down into their slots.
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That's a head scratcher! Never seen one do that before. Maybe took a combination... bleed air duct separation pressurizing inlet cowl and also precipitating especially violent compressor stall?
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More pics including in flight
from comments in
WSJ
Kathryn's Report: Southwest Airlines, Boeing 737-7H4, N766SW: Incident occurred August 27, 2016 at Pensacola International Airport (KPNS), Escambia County, Florida
careful look at one shows minor damage to winglet !
WSJ
Kathryn's Report: Southwest Airlines, Boeing 737-7H4, N766SW: Incident occurred August 27, 2016 at Pensacola International Airport (KPNS), Escambia County, Florida
careful look at one shows minor damage to winglet !
How many fan blades should we expect to count ?
Are we missing one complete blade?
Any large holes out of view like the bottom of the nacelle behind the fan?
I sure don't understand the passenger masks deployment if true
Are we missing one complete blade?
Any large holes out of view like the bottom of the nacelle behind the fan?
I sure don't understand the passenger masks deployment if true
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I sure don't understand the passenger masks deployment if true
(Will defer to those more knowledgeable.)
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Have you seen the picture showing damage to the fuselage, a little below and between two cabin windows? Looks as though it may have punctured the pressure vessel. Perhaps that is why masks deployed, and flight crew commenced an immediate descent to FL100.
(Will defer to those more knowledgeable.)
(Will defer to those more knowledgeable.)
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