Every Boeing and Airbus engine is held onto the wing by only 2 bolts

asicsarecool · 1 hour ago

I'm fairly sure the engine will stay on with both bolts removed. I suspect they are retaining bolts and take very little strain

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bigfatkitten · 1 hour ago

That's nonsense.

Here's the forward engine mount for a B737NG

http://www.atirepairstation.com/737-ng-forward-engine-mount-...

And here's the aft mount

https://www.atirepairstation.com/737-ng-aft-engine-mount-ass...

And here's a well-written post about this very same myth as it relates to the 737NG, describing exactly how it's all put together.

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23151/how-are-e...

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pmdulaney · 1 hour ago

And my head is only held onto my body by one neck.

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giraffe_lady · 56 minutes ago

We're about to see so much propaganda pulling government line items out of context so you can get mad about it and support a political movement to defund everything of value in the state.

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ano-ther · 2 hours ago

Would love to see pictures of that facility.

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yadaeno · 2 hours ago

There’s no way this is true. Why not use more bolts it makes no sense.

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alephxyz · 1 hour ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_nut

Although I'm not an aerospace expert I think OP is a bit confused. Most engines are mounted using a front and a rear bracket (and a third for bigger engines), and each bracket uses 4+ bolts.

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