How much can they take?

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Maxx." wrote in message .

How much water can these engines suck in before they start to foul
out?

An awful lot. Years ago there was an accident involving a Southern
Airways DC9 that inadvertently flew into a very large cell and
flamed out both engines with water and hail ingestion [in truth, I
can't recall if that was determined or theorized.]. "Landed"
dead-stick on a road, I think

I think that you'll find the problem is hail / ice. That tends to
clean out the blades in a jet engine killng it. There have been
(business??) jets that suffered engine failure when they allowed ice
to build up on the engine cowling and THEN turned on the deicing
heater. The ice came loose and went through the engine - killing it.
They would not have had a problem had they turned on the heat before
the ice buildup.