Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by moltenguardian on Saturday February 20, 2021 @06:14PM
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Probably a dumb question, but why don't the pilots cut the fuel to the right engine after they know it's on fire?
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Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by quiescant_dodo on Saturday February 20, 2021 @06:17PM
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There are long checklists for handling uncommon scenarios like this. I would expect that was one of many items on the list, but I'm not familiar with the checklists. It is possible that the explosion disabled the fuel controls.
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by gecko on Saturday February 20, 2021 @06:18PM
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They do, but there may be residual gas or punctures that cause a gas leak. That's why each side of the plane has its own fuel tanks as well.
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by PaulAnunda on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:47PM
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Someone in the comments mentioned that that isn't a fuel fire; its materials in the engine that are burning.
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by elteto on Saturday February 20, 2021 @06:17PM
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Iām almost certain they did. You might be seen the runoff in the lines?
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by ZeKZ on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:09AM
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See this video where he explains what the pilots probably did during the checklists : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Wler87pwY
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by l31g on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:56AM
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What is burning is probably leftover oil.
Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa...
by jacquesm on Sunday February 21, 2021 @06:17AM
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Fanned by a couple of 100 mile/hour winds. It would take a small miracle for the fire to go out by itself under those conditions, they may have tried to flood it with CO2 but it's so open to the elements even that may no longer work.