It's amazing to me that modern aircraft engineering is so good that an engine can lose its fan blade entirely at 35000 feet and the plane can still continue on for 2 hours and safely land. An uncontained failure like this is the worst kind, and I know it could have gone worse, but it didn't and that amazes me.
I wonder if the cowling contained the initial disintegration but was removed in the process. I'm not an engineer, but from the way that looks and the fact that nothing flew off and did further damage makes me at least wonder if that's what happened.
I wonder if the cowling contained the initial disintegration but was removed in the process. I'm not an engineer, but from the way that looks and the fact that nothing flew off and did further damage makes me at least wonder if that's what happened.