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		jomoio on Oct 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 2016 internal messages suggest employees ma... Airbus A380 sustained a catastrophic uncontained engine failure due to a Rolls Royce flaw. Landed and everybody went home. Maybe they can help.

WalterBright on Oct 19, 2019 [–]

Such happened to a 737, too. The pilots landed safely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380

Airbus has hardly been free of dangerous flaws. Watch "Air Disasters" on the Smithsonian channel.

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