Engine Cover Blows Off on United Airlines Flight

[thackney]

Engine Cover Blows Off on United Airlines Flight
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/united-airlines-engine-cover.html



High over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, the casing blew off one of the engines on United Airlines Flight 1175.

Passengers heard a loud bang and felt the plane shake violently. Those seated on the right side looked out their windows and saw pieces of metal flying. By the time the plane touched down safely in Honolulu around 40 minutes later, the engine was bare, its innards on full display.

It was not clear as of Tuesday evening what had caused the malfunction...

[thackney]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/14/plane-really-started-shaking-united-flight-loses-engine-cover-makes-emergency-landing-after-losing-e/336257002/

...“Our pilots followed all necessary protocols to safely land the aircraft,” United said in a statement, adding that all passengers departed the Boeing 777 normally at the gate....

...Flight 1175 was traveling to Honolulu from San Francisco....

...“There was a loud bang ... and then the plane really started shaking,” passenger Allison Sudiacal told Hawaii News Now. “There was a loud boom and then it was like rattling and the plane was kind of shaking like boom, boom, boom.”...

[edpc]

Engine Cover Blows Off on United Airlines Flight
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/united-airlines-engine-cover.html




It was not clear as of Tuesday evening what had caused the malfunction...

I'd check to see which maintenance guy has screws in his pocket.

[Frank Cannon]

It was not clear as of Tuesday evening what had caused the malfunction.

[SZonian]

Wow!  Not only the cowling panels, but the entire engine inlet gone as well.  That's some kind of failure, typically, losing a cowl panel shouldn't cause that kind of destruction...I wonder if the fan came apart taking out the inlet structure.

[dfwgator]

[endicom]

One engine down and one to go.

[cato potatoe]

Which passenger was beaten senseless in retaliation?

[NavyCanDo]

Wow!  Not only the cowling panels, but the entire engine inlet gone as well.  That's some kind of failure, typically, losing a cowl panel shouldn't cause that kind of destruction...I wonder if the fan came apart taking out the inlet structure.

The fan was still intaked. So are the thrust revercers.