[7.62mm]

I understand that we are talking about multiple occurances of explosions in CF-6 engines. I am only saying that I did not recall the Chicago DC-10 crash as being caused by an engine failure. I understood that the engine just fell off.

Scanning through the referenced posts, I did not see where it said anyplace that the engine itself failed. Relatively minor point, I guess.

Regards,

[Fixit]

They are two different accidents, so I think we are both correct.

One DC-10 accident caused by an exploding engine (uncontained failure took out all hydraulics).

Another DC-10 accident caused by an improper mounting of an engine. I can't remember if you were supposed to put the mount on the wing, then put the engine on the mount, OR if you were supposed to put the mount on the engine then put the assembly on the wing.

The problem came when the maintenance guys couldn't get it right either...