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Now That's a Big Fan GE9X, which is destined to power Boeing’s next-generation 777X This summer, the largest jet engine ever built was being put through its paces in Peebles, Ohio. Big plane... the new 777X, will use the new engine Whether your are an aircraft buff or not, this is fascinating stuff, especially since just last week a superjumbo A-380 experienced what it's like when one of these monster fans comes apart in midair. Big fan failure  A380 Sept 30 over Atlantic Perhaps the "inevitability" of an A380 crash is made a little less likely by this case of the plane landing successfully after a catastrophic failure of one of its engines. I pray so.