Peter Duniho wrote:

I read that as if he was talking about the fact that it took awhile for
the engine to stop even while spraying water and foam on it


Did it? I watched the video and didn't see any coverage of the actual
engine-stoppage process. In any case, the airplane should be able to fly
through pretty heavy rain at high speeds. I would certainly *hope* it wo=
uld
take awhile to stop the engine spraying water and foam on it (depending, =
of
course, on where the water and foam is sprayed).


mmmm....well from the tone of the voice of the reporter ("they
*FI*nally got the engine to stop"...or words to that effect) seemed to
indicate that it took longer than expected to stop the engine. Of
course, I'm going under the probably erroneous assumption that the
reporter had good information about how long it should have taken for
the engine to be stopped using this method. To me, this method of
stopping the engine sounds almost akin to someone saying, "Hey Bob,
hold this metal rod in the path of the spinning prop.." AFA the
"keeps a-licking part...remember that it's not just the water and foam,
but also the fact that the airframe had just been through a "sudden
deceleration caused by imapact with terrain" event.

snip WAGs about G-load ...it is an aside and an interesting
point....for a physicist perhaps g...and I have to take a look
again, and after thinking about this I am most likely wrong, but some
of the angles of the video made it appear that the tail was rightside
up whilst the wings were upside down...

I thought it made for an amusing side note that the front end of the
plane (cockpit) was completely destroyed/demolished/missing..=AD.and the
engine just kept on truckin as though nothing was wrong


The juxtaposition was striking, I'll agree (maybe "amusing" isn't exactly
the word I'd use, but that's just me). I'm just not convinced that there=
's
any reason to believe that the engine *should* have stopped, or that this
accident shows any unusual characteristics of these engines compared to a=
ny
other engine used in aviation.


mmmm...about my word choice, I sometimes use the term "amusing" to mean
something that diverts my attention...after looking it up I see that it
is an archaic/obsolute usage.....as for the rest....see above....