This got everyone's full & undivided attention. Catastrophic engine failure on a 767 - it isn't often you see pieces of one motor sticking out of another one. |
The disc went through the aircraft into the OTHER engine, during a ground-run at LAX, when a GE CF6 in the number one position let go on an American Airlines 767. |
Two taxiways were closed while bits of disc were retrieved. Attached are some photos, one of which shows half a disc sticking out of an engine. |
In fact, the disc belongs to the other engine - it's passed through the center wing box and embedded itself. |
Undoubtedly, this would have brought down the aircraft had this happened in service. The rear fuselage and port inboard flaps were toasted as combustor exit gases escaped and hit the airframe. |
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