(Sorry, No View) AA MD-80 takeoff New York Laguardia

[ghettoperson257]

and why would McDonnell Douglas put a seat WITH A WINDOW right next to the engine if the knew that no one would see a thing and i think that is the most dangerous place to sit because if the engine explodes you would be the very first to be affected

[upiluften]

@ghettoperson257 Believe me, if the engine explodes and the fanblades come flying out, it'll go through the aluminum fuselage just as easily as it would go throw a window. It actually happened, once, with the DC-10... Sioux Falls crash.

[ghettoperson257]

@upiluften it did that was UA Flight 232 in Sioux CITY not Sioux Falls , that was a fail with the GE CF6 engine at the time, back then fan containment tests werent done very well

[upiluften]

@ghettoperson257 Sioux City... Sioux Falls... meh. IIRC, people died when the number 2 (tail-mounted) engine exploded. Shrapnel entered the fuselage and definitely severed hydraulic lines (root cause of all the complications) and, I think, killed some people directly.

But the point still stands: a little piece of metal whirring around at 10,000rpm will cut through glass and metal. The only difference is that you'll see it happen in this seat. :(

[ghettoperson257]

stupid airline why did they change your seat?