How a jet engine works, and the engine failures that changed aviation

One cracked fan blade, one oil pipe, one disk: three failures that rewrote how every jet engine is built and inspected. Every fact in this video comes from the official investigation reports listed below. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:57 How a jet engine works 5:11 Southwest 1380: the fan blade 10:11 Qantas 32: the oil pipe 16:08 United 232: the disk 21:22 What changed SOURCES NASA Glenn Research Center, Beginner's Guide to Propulsion (public domain, US Government work). https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/air... NTSB AAR-19/03 Left Engine Failure and Subsequent Depressurization, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, Boeing 737-7H4, N772SW, Philadelphia, April 17, 2018 https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A... ATSB AO-2010-089 Final: In-flight uncontained engine failure, Airbus A380-842, VH-OQA, overhead Batam Island, Indonesia, 4 November 2010 (Qantas 32) https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/fil... NTSB AAR-90/06 United Airlines Flight 232, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989 https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A... CREDITS Narration: synthesized voice (Piper, en_GB northern_english_male; OpenSLR 83, CC BY-SA 4.0). Music: 'Decoherence' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Music: 'Celestial' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Music: 'Signal to Noise' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Music: 'In Search Of Solitude' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Pictures: (SGP-Singapore) Qantas Airbus A380-842 VH-OQH @ WSSS 2025-01-21.jpg: S5A-0043 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) 05-MAY-2022 - OD804 SIN-KUL (B737-800 - 9M-LCR) (02).jpg: Simply Aviation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) 09-FEB-2022 - WS1403 PHX-YYC (B737-800 - C-GWBU) (02).jpg: Simply Aviation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) 09-FEB-2022 - WS1403 PHX-YYC (B737-800 - C-GWBU) (04).jpg: Simply Aviation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) 4300streetcar / Wikimedia Commons: CC BY 4.0 A 380 Wirbelschleppentests Oberpfaffenhofen - Triebwerk.JPG: Steevie schimpfe hier :-) / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) A380 Qantas (QF93 at LAX) (4872403024).jpg: Moto "Club4AG" Miwa from USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) A380 Qantas (QF93 at LAX) landing 2010-08-08.jpg: Moto "Club4AG" Miwa from USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) A380 and 747-400 at LAX (5382132102).jpg: Moto "Club4AG" Miwa from USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Air Do JA11AN 737-781 HND 17-09-2024.jpg: BWard 1997 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Airbus Lagardère - Trent 900 engine MSN100 (11).JPG: Dr Brains / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Airbus Lagardère - Trent 900 engine MSN100 (12).JPG: Dr Brains / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Albert Park F1 2010 01 (4482149095).jpg: Tom Reynolds from Melbourne, Australia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Alston argodi / Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 1: CC BY 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 204: CC BY 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 225: CC BY 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 235: CC BY 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 238: CC BY 4.0 Australian Transport Safety Bureau, report AO-2010-089, page 23: CC BY 4.0 (+84 more picture credits in the pinned comment) Diagrams and animation: made by Failure Envelope. #aviation #engineering #Southwest1380