Why do birds getting sucked into a jet engine cause such trouble? The engine can lift a jet, so how is it not powerful enough to chew up some bird bones with no problem?

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Why do birds getting sucked into a jet engine cause such trouble? The engine can lift a jet, so how is it not powerful enough to chew up some bird bones with no problem?

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The same power that makes it chew a bird with ease also chews another turbine blade with ease – which can cause a cascade of failures as lose pieces of metal start chewing into each other at incredible speeds.

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