Engine explodes during Southwest flight
04-18-2018, 05:51 AM
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Question for those more in the know. Based on this picture, is the containment ring in question the ring that seems intact that immediately surrounds the front fan or is it the remaining section that is missing forward of it? It looks like when this thing, and the one previous to it in 2016 came apart, it shook the forward inlet cowl apart / off once it shed the blade and it became unbalanced at speed.
04-18-2018, 06:20 AM
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04-18-2018, 06:50 AM
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It didnt happen on opposite sides of the globe.
It happened at the same operator.
I’ll bet money the same subcontractors or overhaul facilities worked on that engine.
There are third world operators with very poor or no MX operating these engines. And it didn’t happen there.
There’s a red flag here somewhere.
Alternate method of compliance or some other maintenance procedure/technique.
And that’s probably outsourced.
It happened at the same operator.
I’ll bet money the same subcontractors or overhaul facilities worked on that engine.
There are third world operators with very poor or no MX operating these engines. And it didn’t happen there.
There’s a red flag here somewhere.
Alternate method of compliance or some other maintenance procedure/technique.
And that’s probably outsourced.
04-18-2018, 07:08 AM
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Are you purposely being thick? The fact that so much shrapnel got past the containment ring has ramifications for every CFM operator. That is engineering, not maintenance. That a second engine grenaded itself MIGHT lead back to maintenance. Uncontained incidents lead DIRECTLY back to engineering. Sheesh.
Standing by to be un-thickened.
I’ll start the popcorn while you look for another operator world wide that had two engines blow in two years.
04-18-2018, 07:19 AM
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Looking at the profile picture of the side of the plane and the color aft of the window said it all. Glad they showed dignity not elaborating on the severity of her injuries. Great job by the crew to handle it so quick. I used to teach this senario in my sim lessons and it was always returned w a bit of humor. I’m sure my former students are thinking, holy hell...
04-18-2018, 07:58 AM
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Are you purposely being thick? The fact that so much shrapnel got past the containment ring has ramifications for every CFM operator. That is engineering, not maintenance. That a second engine grenaded itself MIGHT lead back to maintenance. Uncontained incidents lead DIRECTLY back to engineering. Sheesh.
04-18-2018, 08:30 AM
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Put a piece of metal in an unopened blender while its running. It will bounce around in there and eventually shoot out from bouncing off the blades (past the containment ring).
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