It was also the first to use the wide chord fan which increases efficiency, reduces noise and gives added protection against foreign object damage.

The high mounted engines greatly reduce the risk of foreign object damage.

Earlier, officials had said that the engine showed "foreign object damage," most likely from something blown off the airplane.

A podded engine hanging low from a wing is more likely to suffer from foreign object damage.

Vertical takeoffs and landings are riskier due to threats such as foreign object damage.

Development of an improved F414 engine with better resistance to foreign object damage, and a reduced fuel burn rate began in 2009.

The project serves the interests of taxpayers because reducing foreign object damage to aircraft which will save maintenance dollars and could even save pilots' lives.

(See foreign object damage for further discussion of this.)

FOD, or foreign object damage, was the bane of all carrier operations.

Despite the emphasis on reducing failures, they do occasionally occur, most often due to hard landings and tailstrikes, or foreign object damage.