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Images of engine + pilon detaching UPS MD-11 in Louisville (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A wave? At sea?
Well. Chance in a million.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

It was towed outside of the environment.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It isn't completely atypical...

Look at American Airlines 191, a DC-10 also had its engine torn off during take off:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191

It may even run in the family.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Well, there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that MD-11s aren’t safe.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was this MD-11 safe?

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

[–] WeavingSpider@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True, 707 had a bunch of engine loses (Braniff test flight and Kabo 671 from top of my head) and 747 had a couple since they share pylon designs (El Al 1862 comes to mind). One was due to unseen cracks in the pylons and other in fuse pins, so maybe history decided to rhyme here.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Well, some of them are built so that the engine doesn’t fall off at all.