Comment by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK
3 years ago
With the engine ruptured, still operating and the fuel leaking, how did they know the whole thing is not gonna explode at any moment?
3 years ago
With the engine ruptured, still operating and the fuel leaking, how did they know the whole thing is not gonna explode at any moment?
They didn't, which is why they shut it down.
I've read the ruptured engine was still operating for 3 hours after the plane landed.
The ruptured engine (#2) was shut down within a minute of the incident, in-flight. Two of the remaining engines (#3, #4) were shut down after landing. The last engine (#1) could not be shut down and had to be drowned in fire-fighting foam. This is in the article.
Engine 1 was continuing to operate after landing because the fuel shutoff valves were inoperative. Engine 2 was the engine that had the uncontained failure.