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Even if one of your jet engines decides to, um, just leave halfway through takeoff (
), I thought these multi engine jets were designed to operate down an engine
Likely engine 1 and 2 were both out, engine 2 has a visible compressor stall on takeoff visible in videos, likely from ingesting debris from engine 1. Two engine failure on takeoff is unrecoverable in a tri jet.
Scary. Yet another reason that we just do not belong in the sky
It's a very rare freak accident that happened on an aircraft type no longer used by passenger airlines, even before this. I don't think this will have much of an influence on aviation beyond an early retirement for the MD-11. There's no such thing as a risk free flight, risk is inherent to aviation, but lots has been done over the years to minimise risk.
I think a lot of factors combined to make this deadly. Not least of which, the engine seemingly strikes the plane when it yeets? Further, it happens during takeoff, so the plane is completely oriented improperly for gliding while down an engine. And then finally, as seen in the video, the catastrophic destruction was due to the frame hitting structure and beginning to tumble end over end. Ideally, they could have slammed back down into the runway and skidded to a stop eventually.
Interesting, yeah I thought they could take off down an engine but we can't see what happens to the tail engine behind the fireball. The fire could be compromising control and fuel to the other engines as well maybe. Just terrifying
down an engine doesn't usually mean "engine ripped off the airframe" it just means it's damaged or not running