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Out of curiosity, what would happen if a giant saltwater wave got into those jet engines?


Doesn't matter what kind of water, significant interruption of air intake wrecks the engines. It's commonly what damages engines when they ingest birds, or in one case, a 737 taxiing got too close to side of the taxiway and ingested... snow. Engine blown.


Though it's worth noting that "significant water ingestion" is a design requirement of airplane turbine engines. You can see testing videos on youtube.

They are designed to fly through an amount of water (clouds) without damage or significant performance reduction.


Clouds are very, very different to outhouse-sized amounts of saltwater though…




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