Mentour Pilot on How NOT to Roast Large Birds in Flight

This is a problem caused by a new device used on modern jet engines which use large fan blades to achieve better fuel efficiency. The device automatically reduces the load on engine bearings when a fan blade is broken. It does this by dumping the engine oil into the air intake,...  Not sure why that helps, except perhaps to shut the engine down faster. But in the 737 MAX the resulting combustion products when the engine starts to burn oil enter the cabin and the cockpit through the pressurised air intake. The oil may have additives which make for a serious health risk to anyone who inhales this smoke. I haven't watched all of this video, but it also highlights a problem of how to carry out emergency checklists when the conditions affect the crew's ability to actually follow the list because, for example, the smoke is so thick that they can't see the flight instruments! This video is an appeal to people to get the FAA to take this particular problem more seriously than they seem to want to do.

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