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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by James Brown
Looks to me that the fan part of the turbofan let loose from ingestion of a bird or piece of cowling which causes other blades to fail and on and on till they shut it down. Not sure if you CAN shut a engine down on climb out like the C-5, shutting down an engine that has a fire or is malfunctioning will make the aircraft unstable leading to uncontrolled rolling. In other words, better to land and let the ground crews handle the fire than crash in a big hole and loose everything. Yeah, that wing is going to take some time to fix!!
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Appears to be a bit far forward to be a fan, more like a disk.
The damage to the wing and possibly fuel tank is MUCH more bothersome. Had that caught fire there is a very good chance that the wing would have gone and the plane gone down with it.
You can shut any engine off on any modern airplane these days. It cuts the fuel, hyd, air and electrical to the engine. Yes it will stay windmilling around if possible.
Joe A
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