Timeline for Have jet engines ever "Sheared" off?
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| May 4, 2019 at 22:48 | history | edited | fooot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 27, 2016 at 15:59 | comment | added | David Richerby | @NateEldredge There are fuel tanks in the wings. If the engine strikes something during the crash, or is dragging along the ground, it might break the wing and spill fuel. Designing the engine to shear off avoids this problem. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:28 | comment | added | UnrecognizedFallingObject | @NateEldredge -- having the engine mount fail in a controlled way protects important wing structures from being damaged by the engine tearing off in a crash. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 13:08 | comment | added | Rob Grant | @NateEldredge possibly removing as much mass (therefore energy) as possible helps? And the fewer massive, possibly still-spinning turbines near passengers the better. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 5:56 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I don't get it. You're saying that it's a design goal that engines can shear off during a crash? I don't see why that is even desirable. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 21:02 | comment | added | DJohnM | And as a negative example, in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_621, failure of the engine to separate cleanly led to a fire in the wing and a fatal crash... | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 18:14 | history | edited | fooot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 5, 2016 at 15:54 | history | answered | fooot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |