 Engine Mounts
A few months back a thread was posted and people were wondering wether turbine mounts had a point of failure where due to extreme engine vibration or damage the engine would fall of in an effort to minimize damage to the aircraft.
I just came back from an interview with P&W and out of curiosity I asked that question and I'm here to clarify that there is no such thing, the bolts used are made out of titanium and it takes them months to make these bolts and was told that those engines are made to stay on the airplane no matter what. Basically the wing would have to fall off with the engine.
I got a tour of the engines they make, and it was quite impressive to see them specially the A380 |