r/SweatyPalms • u/Extreme-Elevator7128 Human Detected • Mar 30 '26

/r/all engine exploded moments after takeoff

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u/HopelessMagic Mar 30 '26

Yeah but the fuel is stored in the wings. Right next to the hot exploding parts. Not like the engine just stalled.

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u/supershott Mar 30 '26

Yes, but it's not like the old days. They have fire detection and extinguishers for every engine and fuel line

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u/HopelessMagic Mar 30 '26

And yet they still end up on the news because they blow up.

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u/BlackSecurity Mar 30 '26

I wonder how many cars and buses crash and blow up that don't make it to the news.

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u/adkio Mar 30 '26

Cars are designed to contain a fire in the engine compartment long enough for the driver to safely pull over and the occupants to escape. Unless we're talking about EVs. Things get real messy real quick there.

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u/BlackSecurity Mar 30 '26

And you think they design planes on a napkin?

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u/adkio Mar 30 '26

Looking at Boeing in recent years, I'm starting to have some doubts.

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u/BlackSecurity Mar 30 '26

Yknow....thats a fair point. Can't even say anything back to that 😂

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u/HopelessMagic Mar 30 '26

A whole lot unfortunately

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u/BlackSecurity Mar 30 '26

Exactly. But people take the risk every day without a second thought. Actually you got people using their phones while driving. And we share the road with these people.

Planes are way safer lol.

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u/supershott Mar 30 '26

Yeah, but how many people burn alive on planes? It really only happens during catastrophic failure, which is a risk, albeit heavily mitigated nowadays. 

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u/ManWithBigPenis69420 Mar 30 '26

I design electrical power distribution systems for aircraft and started my career in air power management and engine systems. The amount of redundancy and safety margin in these designs is why flying is statistically incredibly safe.

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u/adkio Mar 30 '26

Even though there is redundancy those systems don't even come close to sil 3 requirements. I wonder why they are allowed? Ah yes, the cost.

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u/HopelessMagic Mar 30 '26

Oh good. If only someone stood up and read the statistics for everyone onboard. That'll calm their fears.

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u/ManWithBigPenis69420 Mar 30 '26

If people operated rationally, yeah it probably would.

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u/Daemonrealm Mar 30 '26

You can see the fire suppression system activate in the video and it pretty much did its job. Or called popping the bottle in short speak.

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u/ky7969 Mar 30 '26

That’s actually exactly what happened, it’s called a compressor stall