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Metal falls from sky in Broomfield; United jet lands safely at DIA after engine failure (Denver to Honolulu Flight)
Fox 31, Denver ^ | 02/20/2021 | Staff

Posted on 02/20/2021 3:37:01 PM PST by Drago

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) — Large chunks of metal rained down on northwest Denver metro neighborhoods Saturday afternoon after a United Airlines plane reported engine trouble.

United Airlines confirmed flight 328 departed Denver International Airport for Honolulu at 12:15 p.m.

(Excerpt) Read more at kdvr.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: again; boeing; ge; pw
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Jet engine parts in yards and through a least one house roof:

https://twitter.com/petemuntean/status/1363234750626955265

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1363261287304724480

1 posted on 02/20/2021 3:37:01 PM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

https://twitter.com/petemuntean/status/1363234750626955265

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1363261287304724480


2 posted on 02/20/2021 3:37:57 PM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

They were only trying to get to someplace warm.


3 posted on 02/20/2021 3:38:36 PM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: Drago

Fox New just ended HOURS of non-stop coverage!


4 posted on 02/20/2021 3:39:01 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: SamAdams76

The green new deal will put an end to those plane trips to Hawaii.


5 posted on 02/20/2021 3:40:30 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: TexasGator
Fox New just ended HOURS of non-stop coverage!

Must have been exciting to their viewers. All ten of them.

That kind of thing happened to a woman whose house roof suddenly had a loud smashing sound and something like a bowling ball sized yellowy rock went through into her kitchen sink. It turned out to be icy urine from the discharge from a jet airliner toilet, frozen from cold temperatures.

6 posted on 02/20/2021 3:43:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Drago

Video from onboard the aircraft:

https://twitter.com/MarcSallinger/status/1363253631626080256?s=20


7 posted on 02/20/2021 3:45:11 PM PST by Drago
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To: SamAdams76

The warmth was brought to them.


8 posted on 02/20/2021 3:47:39 PM PST by libh8er
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To: frank ballenger

“That kind of thing happened to a woman whose house roof suddenly had a loud smashing sound and something like a bowling ball sized yellowy rock went through into her kitchen sink. It turned out to be icy urine from the discharge from a jet airliner toilet, frozen from cold temperatures.”

DEBUNKED!

1. Airplanes use a blue sanitizer

2. Airline tracks verify no airliners over house at that time.


9 posted on 02/20/2021 3:49:40 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Drago

I spent almost 21 years in Boeing Experimental Flight test.
The 777 is probably the best aircraft ever built.
It can take off on a full fuel load with passengers, on just one engine.
You all watched as Sum ting wong, We too lo, and Holy fuk crashed a 777 at SFO. All the passengers walked away with carry on, the dead were run over by fire trucks.

At least at my time in Boeing Safety was #1. Looks to me like every thing worked as designed in the event of a “Black Swan” failure.
Why do you think these machines cost a third of a billion dollars?


10 posted on 02/20/2021 3:49:55 PM PST by rellic
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To: Drago

Parts fell 4 miles west of our house.


11 posted on 02/20/2021 3:53:33 PM PST by Ben Dover
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To: rellic

Yep, I think the 777 was the first twin jet rated for over ocean/intercontinental flight? (retired/inactive A&P mech here).

ATC audio recording of the incident...the “action” starts at about 08:35 into it:

https://archive.liveatc.net/kden/KDEN-Dep-Feb-20-2021-2000Z.mp3


12 posted on 02/20/2021 3:58:22 PM PST by Drago
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To: TexasGator

Story was debunked. Thanks.

This Google search has several more....
toilet discharge from airplane hits house

includes ——closed system does not permit purposeful discharge, and mentions blue color.

But this is a good one on the old versus new methods that mean there used to be such bombing of the ground below....

How Airplane Toilets (Mostly) Stopped Dropping Frozen Sewage From the Sky
By Sam BlumPublished on 1/11/2018
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-airplane-toilets-work-dumping-waste


13 posted on 02/20/2021 4:01:25 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: rellic

Yes but the engines are manufactured seperately by another manufacturer, and in the 777’s case the GE90’s are reliable workhorses from GE. It’s likely the likely the result of poor maintenance. The logs will tell.


14 posted on 02/20/2021 4:02:18 PM PST by libh8er
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To: rellic

I don’t fly, but if I had to it would only be on a 777. The safety profile of that airplane is beyond impressive.


15 posted on 02/20/2021 4:02:56 PM PST by LukeL
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To: Ben Dover

Note: how the Kevlar wrapped around the compressor section is doing its job keeping the parts intact. (they had not failed)

The failure seems to be all of the outer shell of the engine. The fire is where it should be...no big deal. Happy to hear that all ended well.


16 posted on 02/20/2021 4:07:04 PM PST by BatGuano (color me "gone!")
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To: Ben Dover; Daffynition
Parts fell 4 miles west of our house.

Pretty freaky, considering your screen name!

Way too close for comfort..

17 posted on 02/20/2021 4:07:21 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: rellic

Boeing 777-200. All of that and still landed. Impressive.


18 posted on 02/20/2021 4:07:50 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Ben Dover

Not to worry it was maintained by a crack crew of diverse workers with little or no experience, because they didn’t need experience as one of the prerequisites for the job just the right color ethnicity or gender.


19 posted on 02/20/2021 4:07:57 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun

“It will fly if Allah wills it to fly.”


20 posted on 02/20/2021 4:14:57 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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