Been following this story as it has been developing. Apparently a lady on a 737 got hit with shrapnel when its left engine blew up. The shrapnel broke the window and hit her, and then she got half-way sucked out of the broken window until the passengers grabbed and held on to her. The plane landed and they evacuated her, apparently by pulling her the rest of the way out of the window, but she was either already gone, or died later. Starting to see pics of the left side of the fuselage, and there is definitely a big pink streak from the window back, and it's not hydro fluid. That really would have sucked. Have a good day!
Southwest engine failure + fatality, bad day for that lady.
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Info about the pilot. Former Navy pilot.. used to fly Corsairs and F/A-18's.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rs-as-a-fighter-pilot/?utm_term=.8ba711eef562
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rs-as-a-fighter-pilot/?utm_term=.8ba711eef562
To be fair, the engine did explode.
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It did come apart, but it's interesting to look at pics of the front of the engine.
The main fan seems to be intact. Looks almost like the inlet cowl came off.
I've seen a couple of turbofans that have come apart, and usually it's the fan
losing a blade or the high-pressure section coming apart at 20,000 rpm. Then the DO blow up.
It'll be interesting to see what the NTSB decides when this is over.
The main fan seems to be intact. Looks almost like the inlet cowl came off.
I've seen a couple of turbofans that have come apart, and usually it's the fan
losing a blade or the high-pressure section coming apart at 20,000 rpm. Then the DO blow up.
It'll be interesting to see what the NTSB decides when this is over.
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On some pictures you can see one of the blades missing.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...ines-crash-caused-metal-fatigue-inside-engine
Scroll down to the picture with the guy looking into the engine, it really looks like a blade is missing.
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Good catch. I hadn't seen that pic.
Audio from ATC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkVTdvcghHc
Pilot was ice cold calm... as expected. Listen to the end where she thanks everyone. ATC did a good job... well they did their job and well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkVTdvcghHc
Pilot was ice cold calm... as expected. Listen to the end where she thanks everyone. ATC did a good job... well they did their job and well.
Explosion, implies fire, bomb, etc. It was an un-contained engine failure.....lost a fan blade. Just as I type this I have the news on in the background........"engine burst into flames" with dramatic music :banghead:To be fair, the engine did explode.
They are using the word correctly. They're just embellishing a bit to create extra drama. If they were trying to spin it in such a way to suggest an incendiary device caused it then, yes, I would have an issue with it.
ex·plode
verb
1.
burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely.
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Explosion: "a violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something"
Also, if you listen to the ATC tape, she did report a fire initially.
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No.
Well... it did. You don't lose N1 without a resulting compressor stall which would belch fire out both ends until the fuel is shut off.
Yes. Explode = force going outward. Implode = force going inward.
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