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Subject: Re: B-52 Lands Fine After Engine Falls Off in the Middle of a Goddamn Flight
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On 5 Jan 2017 21:07:15 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <RfmdnZOTRar_gfLFnZ2dnUU7-f_NnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Byker says...
>>
>>"Miloch" wrote in message news:o4n5vm0am3@drn.newsguy.com...
>>>
>>>http://gizmodo.com/b-52-lands-fine-after-engine-falls-off-in-the-middle-of-1790824677
>>>
>>> A B-52 Stratofortress landed safely on Wednesday after an engine “dropped
>>> shit.
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>>I saw that on the news this evening. Did one engine drop off or the entire
>>two-engine pod?
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>
>One!...and that's what so puzzling.
>
>http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/6825/engine-falls-off-b-52-during-a-training-sortie-over-north-dakota
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>engine detached from the shared mounting pylon, taking its whole nacelle housing
>eight engines means that that losing one, even far towards the wing tip, does
>not cause massive thrust imbalances."
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/2e/7c/f02e7ce1a27f8624d857e97b180790bb.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/c3/5c/19c35c2749db258acba9d6a2955de7f0.jpg
Looking at how they are mounted, it doesn't seem that unusual to me
(who has almost zero hours as a B-52 engine mechanic) that a single
engine might decide to defect to North Dakota.
Might have been improper mounting to the pylon, or failure of same. If
it was an uncontained failure of the turbine, I'm guessing the crew
may well have shut down the other engine in the pod in case of
collateral owies.
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