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I've read the ruptured engine was still operating for 3 hours after the plane landed.


The ruptured engine (#2) was shut down within a minute of the incident, in-flight. Two of the remaining engines (#3, #4) were shut down after landing. The last engine (#1) could not be shut down and had to be drowned in fire-fighting foam. This is in the article.


Engine 1 was continuing to operate after landing because the fuel shutoff valves were inoperative. Engine 2 was the engine that had the uncontained failure.




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