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Boeing 777s grounded: What happens when an aircraft engine failes – Traveller
Engine failures on commercial aircraft are rare, but frightening.
The engine of United Airlines Flight 328 is on fire after after experiencing a ‘right-engine failure’ shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport on February 20. Photo: Chad Schnell/AP
Over the weekend of 20-21 February, video on social media appeared showing a United Airlines Boeing 777 with an engine on fire and vibrating from side to side. Passengers on the starboard side got an instructional view of the innards of a jet engine as bits of the shattered turbofan fell away, raining…
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