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>>CGMthr+(OP)
> Airbus is also assessing shielding the area of the fuselage closest to the engines to minimize the risk of a blade off — one or more composite blades breaking, which could dent or puncture the fuselage and, in the worst-case scenario, strike a passenger.

sightly terrifying

>>inhuma+7l
The cowling of the current turbines serves the same purpose, but needs to cover 360 degrees of rotation, so it's heavier and draggier. The blades have a bit more angular momentum in the propfan than in a high bypass turbofan, but there's fewer of them.

>>mapt+Jy
Instead of reinforcing the fuselage, I wonder if just having a 1/4 nacelle that shields the passenger side would work.