The world's biggest jet engine has been tested for the first time

General Electric Aviation has put together an engine it boasts is so gigantic that Shaquille O'Neil could comfortably fit inside of it with Kobe Bryant on his shoulders.

Dubbed the largest jet engine in the world, GE9X's front fans span 11 feet in diameter, while its inlet duct measures 18 feet by 12 feet and it can generate 100,000 pounds of thrust.

This record breaking engine is the first working prototype that was developed to power Boeing's 777X jet and is currently being tested at the GE's boot camp for engines near Peebles, Ohio.