re: Pilot of Southwest flight with blown engine was one of Navy's first female fighter pilots

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Engine failure is engine failure.

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That's not what this was. It didn't just shut off. It blew up, possibly affecting the wings functions (certainly the aerodynamics), and put on a hole in the plane. It's not the same.

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Doesn't matter if it blew up, fell off, or just died.

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Wow. You really think an engine cutting off will have the same effect as an engine falling out of the sky? That's where we are at right now? Sheesh.