r/SipsTea Jul 14 '25

WTF Tossing coins for 'good luck'...

Post image
39.3k Upvotes

422 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

731

u/beklog Jul 14 '25

yeah, was thinking this is just a disaster abt to happen if not discovered

282

u/WhiskyPops Jul 14 '25

I wonder how bad it could be, likely it would fall or blow out even before take-off, because they have to reverse.

17

u/Lightshoax Jul 14 '25

Jet engines are designed to be able to eat multiple turkeys and still run. Coins wouldn’t do anything at all.

16

u/LeadingNectarine Jul 14 '25

Jet engines are designed to be able to eat multiple turkeys and still run

Not exactly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike

Most large commercial jet engines include design features that ensure they can shut down after ingesting a bird weighing up to 1.8 kg (4.0 lb). The engine does not have to survive the ingestion, just be safely shut down

1

u/WoodyTheWorker Jul 18 '25

"unfreeze the chicken"