Jet Engines Have Not Been Tested Against Drone Strikes

No tests have been done to determine what would happen if a drone was sucked into a jet engine. 

The federal government has required that planes be tested for how well they tolerate the impact of bird strikes, however, none of the major manufacturers have done the same for drone impact, NBC News has learned.

CFM, GE, Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney, which combined account for more than 80 percent of the engines used by the world's commercial planes, all confirmed they had not conducted such tests because the FAA has not mandated such testing.

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