Crashed?

[SupremeSpod]

Unlikely to be a compressor failure that would have damaged the nacelle and not the cowl. This is a turbine failure of some kind.

It's still not supposed to exit through the engine casings...

Rolls-Royce will not be happy...

[CheeseSlice]

normally engine casings are designed to contain the moving parts in the event of a catastrophic failure of the turbine to stop them penetrating the cabin and wings (some should pass through the engine exhaust outlet).

THIS is the RR Trent 900 (engine type present in the affected A380) undergoing said test.

One of the front fan blades has an explosive charge attached and is detonated so that it releases at force into the casing and the rest of the engine.


edit: Here is the footage from a BBC documentary earlier this year.

[scooterscot]

It's still not supposed to exit through the engine casings...

Rolls-Royce will not be happy...

Disc assemblies moves faster than a fast thing with fast bits on it. Nothing is stopping that if it decides to leave. All aero engines have this risk, it's not unique to any one manufacturer. If it released aircraft side it would have gone through it the cabin like it was not there. It's happened before:

Pictures: GE investigates cuase of AA 767 uncontained failure

An aircraft would not get off the ground if the required shielding were fitted.