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Originally Posted by MissedApproach  Notice that half the engine is not even there, it was lost over colorado somewhere. |
There are only TWO pieces of the engine missing, The outer (bypass) cowling and the N1 fan.
There is nearly 2 feet from the LE of the cowling to the N1 fan, That maybe why it looks like more is missing.
A little engineer talk here: There is one stage (fan and stators) on the engine that acts on the bypass air. The thing in the front is the N1 stator (vane) assembly. Inside the bare metal shroud is "guts" of the engine, and is perfectly capable of running on its own, albeit at vastly reduced efficiency, due to no bypass air, and slightly less compression.
The entire pylon is still there.