re: #137 Pawn of the Oppressor

OT from downstairs

I don’t think the fan failed though - it’s still visible in the photos. It looks to me like the whole cowling forward of the fan twisted away. CBS’s page has a picture taken from the gate that shows what looks to me like a dent near the wing root too.

It’s a completely bonkers failure. What makes the whole intake tunnel peel off of an engine pod like that? The inner structure (honeycomb sandwich, looks like?) is split and peeled back all the way around. It’s like The Hulk grabbed the front of the engine and twisted it off.

I’m glad they’re on the ground safe and I’m really interested to find out just what the F happened exactly. The investigators have an interesting job ahead of them.

And, somewhere under the flight path is somebody with a big aluminum donut in their yard…

That’s what Army aviators call a “good landing”.