By their own testing standards, a catastrophic failure like this is practically impossible. When they test, the place explosives on fan blades, spin them up to 100% and then blast them free from the shaft. That’s how they test the integrity of the engine and the nacelle.
Shouldn't shrapnel be 100% contained according to today's standards?
19 posted on 11/11/2010 2:15:30 PM PST by Moonman62
(Half of all Americans are above average.)