Reply to post: Re: Uncontained?

Planespotters’ weekends turn traumatic as engine pieces fall from the sky in the Netherlands and the US

Malcolm Weir Silver badge

Re: Uncontained?

This is a term of art: an uncontained engine failure means that parts of the engine exited the housing. By contrast, a clogged fuel line would result in a contained engine failure.

When UA328 came to a full-stop, parts of the engine were some 16 miles away.

This was an uncontained engine failure!

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