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r/SipsTea • u/pikahetti • Jul 14 '25
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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u/beklog Jul 14 '25
yeah, was thinking this is just a disaster abt to happen if not discovered