I was at DTW flying to ROC (Tuesday 10-5) on a DC9 and the left engine bearing apparently disintergrated when the Pilot started the engines (while at the gate) We waited awhile for the mechanics to see if they could fix the Left Engine, but when they figured out the problem we were told that they would bring out another DC9, and the one we were on was not flying anywhere for awhile.

The pilot said that the engine bearing can disintergrate inflight, and if that had happened it would have been catastrophic.

Has anyone been on a DC9 with an inflight engine failure?

RC