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[LC0112G]

Sorry - that first sentence should have been....

"#3 is the tail engine? Anything departing #1 with enough energy to penetrate the fuselage is going to miss the tail engine."

Point is, I can't find any instances of an engine on one wing causing damage to an engine on t'other wing. Yes there have been instances (on both B-707's and B-747's) where one engine has failed and knocked the other one on the same wing off, but never on the opposite wing.

[Kevin Wood]

No.3 would be the engine on the starboard wing. They are counted from port to starboard.

I think the cowling of the departed no.1 engine ended up the other side of the runway so quite possible it killed no.3.

However, one of the videos shows no. 2 at the back spitting out sparks just after rotation. It quite possibly ingested fire from the burning port wing at that point.

[TheBoy]

Yes, to clarify, it is the starboard engine I'm talking about the rumours of it flaming out as the nose lifts. Which as Kevin Wood says, is called No3.

Additionally, there is also talk of there being a direct line of sight between the No1 and No3, under the fuselage, so maybe it didn't penetrate the fuselage.

As a cargo plane, my thoughts were how likely would it be for engine debris, admittedly at high speed with a lot of spin, to penetrate the fuselage (easy, thin aluminium) and the cargo (less likely?)