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Old Feb 14, 2018, 7:01 am
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
If the engine had indeed sheared off, I seriously doubt any of the pax would suddenly sigh with relief and say "ah, that takes care of the vibration."
Ha!

I point that out because I find it to be one of the more interesting design features. In a different era, airplanes actually broke apart inflight due to engine vibrations causing catastrophic structural failures.
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