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To: Red Badger

A Best Buy cheapo drone can carry 10lbs.

If you want to bring down an airliner, tape a short length of rebar to it and go fly it into an engine.


4 posted on 04/18/2016 12:42:33 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Trump, and Kasich are sure losers. No more!)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

FOD is always a bad thing for turbine engines, so yeah a piece of iron would likely lead to a shutdown of the affected engine.

With a decently trained crew, the flight would continue and the passengers might not be too nervous.

An inflight loss of an engine due to destructive failure would likely lead to a short-duration fire and then smoke, but not a crash. The turbine shields are stout.

All passenger aircraft are certified to continue flying (if poorly) upon the loss of one engine.


11 posted on 04/18/2016 1:07:31 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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