GE disc failure, 2 June 2008 Boeing 767 @ LAX

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From a friend...

Bet this had everyone's full & undivided attention. Catastrophic engine
failure on a 767 - it isn't often you see pieces of one motor sticking out
of another one.
Check this out. Happened to an AA 767 last Friday. The disc went through
the aircraft into the OTHER engine On Friday, during a ground run at LAX,
GE CF6 in the number one position let go on an American Airlines 767. Two
taxiways were closed while bits of disc were retrieved. Attached are some
photos, one of which shows half a disc sticking out of an engine. In fact,
the disc belongs to the other engine - it's passed through the centre wing
box and embedded itself. Undoubtedly, this would have brought down the
aircraft had this happened in service. The rear fuselage and port inboard
flaps were toasted as combustor exit gases escaped and hit the airframe,
which has to have been written off.