Sep 24, 2018
βVirginia Tech researchers are urging changes in how commercial aircraft engines are designed in the wake of a possible new threat to passenger aircraft safety: the likelihood of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, being sucked into turbofan engines at high speeds.
Such an impact β be it unintentional or part of a malicious act -- would be devastating to the engine as its blades are ripped to shreds after βingestingβ the hard-shell center of a droneβs electronics housing.β
