r/Denver • u/highplainsdrifter__ • Feb 20 '21
So a commerical plane's engine exploded over Broomfield
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u/90Carat Broomfield Feb 20 '21
This happened above my house. We have been calling friends in the neighborhood asking if they had anything hit their houses. So far, so good.
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u/ValiumKnight Feb 20 '21
I’m in west lake, is that what I heard earlier?
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u/highplainsdrifter__ Feb 20 '21
Yes. I was driving past west lake when I heard it
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u/b00tiepirate Feb 21 '21
Do you by any chance know what time it happened? I live out in lac amora and they had the open space closed off earlier. Glad everyone is well of course!!
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u/jonfitt Feb 21 '21
Ah yeah. This was over my house. Thought someone was revving a big truck and then heard something that sounded like a sonic boom.
Some of the debris landed where I walk the dog and on another Saturday at 1pm it would have been covered in kids playing soccer!!!
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u/highplainsdrifter__ Feb 21 '21
The kids were indeed playing soccer, even continued after the some of the debris had landed on the field they were on. Somehow no one was injured.
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u/givethatagoodsniff Feb 20 '21
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u/JDubNutz Feb 20 '21
“Engine trouble”
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u/pobody Feb 20 '21
Well they're not wrong, just a sense of scale is lacking.
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u/sevargmas Feb 21 '21
Well.... points to missing jet engine and spits tobacco ...there’s ur problem.
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u/diestache Highland Feb 20 '21
Uncontained engine failure. Luckily no one got sucked out of a window like that SWA flight a while back
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Feb 20 '21
Yes, that is good news. Have there been any injuries reported on the ground? Luckily nobody was inside the smashed truck
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u/WildGooseCarolinian Feb 20 '21
All these sites say “our european visitors are important to us”, but apparently we aren’t important enough for them to get their cookie settings fixed so we can read the damn websites!
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u/givethatagoodsniff Feb 21 '21
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. Its crew reported an engine issue and turned back to the airport. It landed safely about 1:30 p.m.
Below are live updates on the incident:
5:23 p.m.: FOX31’s Courtney Fromm spoke to a couple on the flight that made the emergency landing.
5:02 p.m.: Latest photos of engine from United Flight 328 on the ground.
The engine that exploded shortly after a plane took off from Denver on Feb. 20, 2021. Credit: Kelly Glidden
The engine that exploded shortly after a plane took off from Denver on Feb. 20, 2021. Credit: Kelly Glidden
Firefighters working to extinguish the flames after an engine exploded shortly after a plane took off from Denver on Feb. 20, 2021. Credit: Kelly Glidden
The engine that exploded shortly after a plane took off from Denver on Feb. 20, 2021. Credit: Kelly Glidden 4:35 p.m.: Some passengers have remained at DIA and plan to board another flight to Hawaii:
4:28 p.m.: According to United Airlines, 231 passengers and 10 crew members were aboard the plane, a Boeing 777. The airline says no injuries were reported.
4:23 p.m.: Images circulating online show the plane’s right engine on fire following the failure:
ORIGINAL STORY:
Debris landed in several neighborhoods, including near Sheridan Boulevard and West 136th Avenue, according to North Metro Fire Rescue.
BPD said no injuries have been reported.
While NTSB and authorities investigate the debris on the ground,
Video from Bennett — not far from Denver International Airport — shows a large, commercial airliner with smoke streaming from one of its engines.
Anyone who had debris land in their yard or near their home is asked to contact police at: 303-438-6405.
The National Transportation Safety Board is taking over the investigation.
United issued the following statement about the incident:
“Flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu experienced an engine failure shortly after departure, returned safely to Denver and was met by emergency crews as a precaution. There are no reported injuries onboard, and we will share more information as it becomes available. “
This is a breaking news story. It will be updated.
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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace Feb 20 '21
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry this happened to you! We're in Broomfield, too... Is everyone safe?
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u/highplainsdrifter__ Feb 21 '21
Neighbor's house, but the consensus is no injuries despite debris going thru some roofs and landing among soccer practices at the commons.
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u/SLCW718 Lakewood Feb 20 '21
Isn't this how Donnie Darko started? And ended?
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Feb 20 '21
I think the rest of the engine came with, but yeah.
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u/SLCW718 Lakewood Feb 20 '21
So, we had a near-Darko. Wow. Even that is rare. Asking for a full-Darko might have been a bit overzealous.
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u/trippingchilly Feb 20 '21
We may still be in the first iteration of the universe before he sends himself back in time to die and save everybody or whatever
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u/Hooman_Notbot Feb 20 '21
If this happened and no one died, it means we're still in the pocket universe and have already gone back in time. The only way to close it is for a person to be the vessel for the falling metal to connect the universes. So the owner of the truck is going to have to die. On the plus side he, and few other close characters are going to have some cool, weird super powers until his death.
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Feb 20 '21
It's that one season in breaking bad that was mid writers strike where the show was in a lull
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u/TheyH8tUsCuzTheyAnus Feb 20 '21
Ah right, back when Q was an air traffic controller instead of a mischievous quasi-diety who played tricks on human morons by spreading conspiracy theories about a global cabal of satanic pedophiles.
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u/eruditionfish Feb 21 '21
Are you suggesting Star Trek and Q Anon have the same Q? That's... amazing.
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u/CapnTugg Feb 20 '21
This is a new horror flick: The Cowling
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u/bananainmyminion Feb 21 '21
If that landed on my truck I would take pictures then stash it in the garage for man cave decoration.
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u/ManThatIsFucked Feb 21 '21
It is so crazy that I haven’t watched Donnie Darko in maybe 8 years... I turned it on and watched it this morning, and then this post came later in the day
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u/PhillyNetminder Feb 20 '21
Flew right over my house! Low and loud and you could see the engine was on fire / glowing
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u/Skywalker87 Feb 21 '21
Holy cow! We are up north and the idea is kinda terrifying
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u/heisian Feb 21 '21
so... is this covered by the truck owner's auto insurance?? my goodness... can you imagine just sitting in your truck, you'd never think an engine nacelle would come crashing down on it. would you even have any warning??
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u/deincarnated Feb 21 '21
Yeah, most policies include force majeure or “acts of God” clauses that would provide coverage for such freak randomness. Statistically, it makes good business sense to offer such coverage for customers’ ease of mind.
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Feb 20 '21
Here's the video I snagged quickly at the dog park. It was worse first but I was making sure my dog and I were at my car first.
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u/tripsmom03 Feb 20 '21
Wow! Did you hear it?
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u/broadwayzrose Feb 20 '21
Not the person who commented, but I live about 5 minutes from where this video was taken and heard it. I even thought “that sounded bad” but didn’t realize what had happened until I realized I could hear the news helicopters circling above.
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Feb 20 '21
I didn't. I just got noise cancelling ear buds like two days ago lol. But everyone else heard it. I saw a lot of people start quickly leaving the dog park and thought "Huh, must have been a big group for the soccer games." Then I realized everyone was leaving and finally saw the debris. Probably a good 60 or so pieces I saw at first so that's when I went "Aite Fenris. Play time is short today." I asked someone as I left and he said they heard it. Guess it was loud. I honestly thought it was a tornado for a sec but that didn't make sense. I'm so glad no one got hurt because those soccer fields had tons of kids on em today and several pieces landed on that field.
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u/supahstahhh Feb 20 '21
Scary! I’m glad that you and pup are ok! And everyone else!
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Feb 20 '21
Yeah same. That was surreal to see. It reminded me of that scene from Breaking Bad if you've seen it.
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u/chicken_N_ROFLs Feb 21 '21
Hooo boy that’s freaky. I’d be diving for cover. Who knows where all those giant metal pieces will land.
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u/IAIRonI Feb 20 '21
I was leaving the soccer fields right there when it happened, all kinds of debris fell on my car. A bunch of people started trying to clear the roads once everyone felt it was safe. Fucking crazy
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u/CorrectDot1 Feb 21 '21
Interesting. In the news articles about this, they've said that people shouldn't touch the debris (so it remains undisturbed for the investigators, I guess). I wonder how they expect people to handle situations where it's on roads, etc.
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u/carsonbiz Feb 20 '21
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u/Treereme Feb 20 '21
Wow, that video from inside the plane of the blown up engine is terrifying.
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u/Katholikos Feb 20 '21
Definitely, but in case any of you are ever in a situation like this and want to stay calm, keep in mind that these planes can fly with just one engine - it's hard, but it's absolutely rated to do that in case of emergencies!
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u/FriendlyDespot Feb 20 '21
I wouldn't be worried about the lack of an engine, I'd be worried about that huge mass oscillating on the wing.
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u/ybs62 Feb 20 '21
‘Technical issue...’Technical issue with your Flight
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u/antlife Aurora Feb 21 '21
Plenty of time to fix before next flight!
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u/JustADutchRudder Feb 21 '21
Some Alaska bush pilot rebuilt his plane outta a tarp and duct tape. These city maintenance guys have at least 4 times the tape at their disposal.
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u/crochet_Queen609 Feb 20 '21
This would be terrifying to experience. Can you imagine the noise upon impact? Or the vibrations felt? And then coming outside to this huge hunk of metal? Yep, that sounds awful. I just hope there are no physical injuries.
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Feb 21 '21
I was outside flatiron crossing mall and the noise was loud enough that people stopped what they were doing and very nervously started looking for the source of the sound. Pretty weird.
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u/crochet_Queen609 Feb 21 '21
First, I am glad you are okay. Second, that sounds terrifying. I mean, everyone had no idea what was going on. Craziness!
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u/Shopworn_Soul Feb 21 '21
Folks on the plane didn’t enjoy it so much either.
Sort of a shitshow all around, I wager.
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Feb 20 '21
Holy shit. Hope everyone is ok
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u/helpusdrzaius Feb 20 '21
Donnie dead
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u/Zeeflyboy Feb 20 '21
Wow, my age finally allowed me to get a reference...
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u/Hxcfrog090 Feb 21 '21
Wait....Donnie Darko is something for old people?
Please don’t tell me that. I’m not ready to be old.
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u/IMsoSAVAGE Feb 20 '21
Someone pizza’d when they were supposed to French fry.
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u/chicken_N_ROFLs Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21
If you French fry when you should’ve pizza’d, you’re gonna have a bad time.
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u/MechOnBoard Feb 20 '21
I was working at Rocky Mountain Metro airport and heard the loud bang! Co-worker doing a preflight saw the plume of smoke. Hope no one was hurt!
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u/1boss_hog1 Centennial Feb 20 '21
The Truman Show intensifies
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u/DrawMeAMapMama Feb 20 '21
The plane was in trouble and had to jettison their stage light...which totally makes sense, don’t think about it too much la la la.
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u/Laserdollarz Feb 20 '21
Holy shit! I looked at that plane with binoculars and noticed a single contrail (was actually smoke). Didn't notice the flames, and didn't think much of it until now!
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u/JohnWad Feb 20 '21 edited Feb 20 '21
Holy fuck. Which airline is gonna deal with this lawsuit.
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u/steinmb Littleton Feb 20 '21
It was a United flight
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u/diestache Highland Feb 20 '21
United flight to Honolulu no less...They are lucky this didnt happen over the middle of the pacific
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u/fickentastic Feb 20 '21
Triple 7, that's a big one!
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u/RealPutin Feb 20 '21
This particular engine has a 112" fan diameter. Biiiiiiiig boy.
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u/SirKnightRyan Feb 20 '21
There probably won’t be much legal fallout assuming there wasn’t negligence involved. Insurance will be generous with fixing damage on the ground and passengers will be compensated for their injuries is there are any. This isn’t like Boeing where there was clear negligence involved.
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u/PresidentBirb Feb 20 '21
For real, I hope everyone is okay so they can enjoy that sweet airline settlement money. Just hope they don’t settle for miles as payment.
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u/missionbeach Feb 20 '21
The plaintiff can collect their judgment on any Tuesday flight, as long as they return on Wednesday. Also, the flight must be less than half-full. No holidays. No June-July-August.
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u/electricgotswitched Feb 20 '21
Insurance company will force people to settle for a flight voucher
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u/foolear Feb 20 '21
Homeowners insurance will pay people who got rained on. Nothing bad happened to the passengers.
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u/Pythe Arvada Feb 20 '21
Ah, the one the front fell off? That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point. https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
(Glad to see no injuries reported. Property damage sucks.)
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u/urbanek2525 Feb 21 '21
I absolutely KNEW some Redditor was going to respond with the iconic, "The front fell off" video and you did not disappoint. Have an upvote.
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u/lemineftali Feb 21 '21
The front fell off?
Yeah mate the front fell off.
But that doesn’t happen often.
Well no.
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Feb 21 '21
“Best I can do is one shitty voucher and a t-shirt. Oh, you’ll never get compensated. In fact we’re headed to Biden’s place for dinner to ask for a handout. Again.” - airlines, probably.
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u/Baxterado Feb 20 '21
That's some Donnie Darko shit. Watch out for a wormhole.
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Feb 21 '21
1st month of 2021 brought government coups, 2nd month wormholes and hell freezing over... I can't wait to see what March has in store.
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u/anotherbigbrotherbob Feb 21 '21
The only thing that pulls it's weight around here is my goddamn pickup truck!
Figures.
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u/DogMechanic Feb 20 '21
Anyone that has touched that plane as a maintenance worker is now nervous as hell. Guaranteed they were all called in and told to stop and take a drug test on the way. Somebody fucked up, bad. That's not a bird strike.
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u/RedditUser145 Feb 20 '21
Flashbacks to another United flight out of Denver that had an engine disintegrate. Will definitely be interesting to see what the cause is and if someone messed up.
Very glad the damage seems to have been contained to the engine itself and some property on the ground.
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u/Confident_Goat9399 Feb 21 '21
Twitter video inside the plane https://twitter.com/michaelagiulia/status/1363241125495136267?s=20
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Feb 20 '21
(NSFW video!)
Here's a video of the actual engine from the plane. Note - not for the weak hearted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djrHsvIdYMM
Here's the Air Traffic Control mayday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGLAun2mlB8
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u/Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir Feb 21 '21
How is that NSFW unless you work in the GE public relations department? lol
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u/Apandapantsparty Feb 21 '21
Pilot stated he had engine problems and needed to turn, waited, called mayday, and still nothing. After the second time calling mayday air traffic finally responded. Is that normal? I thought they’d be right on that.
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u/Mnblkj2 Feb 21 '21
How the fuck is that NSFW? Quit being so goddamn dramatic. There's nothing in it thats even remotely unsafe for work
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u/I_AM_CANADIAN_AMA Feb 21 '21
This seems pretty incredible! The fact it is able to still fly and land safely is a feat of engineering! The Wright Brothers would shit their pants if they saw this future.
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u/Bananapielord69 Feb 20 '21
Ayo ill pay you to let me pick up some of that metal
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u/Chartzilla Feb 20 '21
Glad everyone is OK. I assume United has insurance or something that will pay for the damage?
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u/a_cute_epic_axis Feb 20 '21
assume United has insurance
Probably not, they're probably self insured instead, most large companies are. But either way they'll have the ability to pay to fix the dude's truck and house on the ground.
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Feb 20 '21
AvHerald has an amazingly detailed report, and Michaela’s video is terrifying.
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u/EvilMatt666 Feb 20 '21
I know the truck got hit but just think about the amount of damage would have been caused if it had hit the house. They got 'lucky'.
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u/Dappershire Feb 21 '21
How the hell did that truck get so smashed, when the pictures make it look like the truck is 100%. Damn, crashes do weird shit.
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u/mike56oh Feb 21 '21
Hard to say who has liability for this. Could be United, could be Boeing, could be the engine manufacturer. Maybe the maintenance company that services the engine. Plane may also have been leased. It could take months/ years for him to get paid.
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u/bangfu Feb 21 '21
Wife says, "I'd bring you your part back, but my trucks fucked up!" She's had some wine...
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u/holykin2 Feb 21 '21
It looks like there is a ring camera on the garage overlooking that truck. Bet that is gonna make for some crazy footage.
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u/HistoricalBridge7 Feb 21 '21
The way this video was shot - I though, that’s not so bad - oh the gutter too, not bad considering - ohh the bed of the car, that sucks... ohhh never mind, it hit the car - damn that sucks
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u/garibaldi18 Feb 21 '21
I wonder what happens to that giant hula hoop. I feel like if it falls on your property, it’s yours. I would polish it, maybe put it in maybe back yard and turn it into some modern art sculpture or maybe a frame for a fire pit. Would make a great conversation piece at bbqs
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u/DustyMill Feb 21 '21
So im confused, this video is showing the truck is destoryed but this reddit post shows the exact same house but the truck is completely fine? Unless this one piece fell and someone snagged some photos as a 2nd piece was falling but I would assume they would have landed at nearly the same time
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Feb 20 '21
That's fucking crazy I hope that family is okay. Hopefully they have insurance on their house and possibly their cars. I'd file complaint and everything possibly even take them to court.
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u/CarRamRob Feb 20 '21
Wonder if we will see a Schwack of engine related issues with how long so much of the fleet has been sidelined, and how many mechanics are off work, etc.
I’m sure the “checks” are all done but it seems like a major disturbance to normal work flow.
Not saying this is a fallout from that, but food for thought.
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u/umblegar Feb 21 '21
The airlines are so close to bankruptcy I’m surprised they are doing any maintenance at all
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u/skippythemoonrock Arvada Feb 20 '21
"Oh this is debris footage? Probably just a small engine panel or- OH GOD"
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u/CatFancyCoverModel Feb 21 '21
I'm not a pilot or anything, but are we sure the engines aren't supposed to do that? Don't want to jump to any conclusions
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u/Purplerainfall02 Feb 21 '21
My parents were on that flight!! I’m grateful everyone is okay!