Posted on 07/25/2008 6:58:31 AM PDT by cardinal4
MANILA, Philippines — A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday after a loud bang punched a hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage, officials and passengers said.
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It appears the cargo door partially opened and came close to tearing out completely.
agreed
I thought that too, but then I remembered that triacetone triperoxide, TATP, AKA the Mother of Satan, is a favored Jihadie explosive. It was used in the 2005(?) London train bombings, by the idiot who blew himself up outside an OK U football game, and by Richard Reid, who had plastic explosive shoes, but with a TATP detonator.
The stuff produces a pretty "cool" explosion, by the nature of the reaction which produces it.
So I wouldn't rule out an explosion just yet. But the stuff does leave quite a signature, so we should know soon, if they choose to tell us. (TATP contains no nitrogen, and thus can "get by", *some* explosive detection devices.)
The cargo door is that rectangular structure somewhat to the right of the hole, just above the head of the guy in the suit talking on a cell phone.
The hole appears to be a ripped off fairing/panel, but not one that is designed to come off. Can't really tell if it was ripped off by aerodynamic forces, say after an edge failed due to stress or corrosion, or if something pushed it out from inside.
You’right.
Whatever, it was still absolutely a “dive.” No question about it.
It doesn’t look like an explosion at all. It looks like a faring on the wing root came loose. When the wind pulled the faring off, it ripped a hole in the pressurized fuselage leading to additional damage from decompression.
Explosion in the cargo bay?Looks just forward of the cockpit ...
/sarc
LOOK at the proximity to the outward-opening forward cargo bay door though ...
It doesn’t look like an explosion at all. It looks like a faring on the wing root came loose.Nevermind what looks like pressure-skin rupture just outside of the structural ribs comprising the 'hold' or baggage compartment ...
It appears the cargo door partially opened and ...???
Take a second look at the 2nd pix in post #24 and issue a revised analysis please.
I read that aluminum planes ...And the other (talking commercial air transport here) composition would be ???
Carbon fiber.
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Is ‘Lurker’ a pseudonym for ‘lwd’?
(The question was a ‘show your homework’ moment meant for lwd.)
Carbon fiber.Furthermore, your answer presuposes that there are 'carbon fiber' composite commercial air tranport aircraft utilizing carbon fiber for the airframe, as we have before us what appears to be a 'rupture' in an aluminum-based airframe, so, what commercial air transports currently flying are 'carbon fiber' based?
You posted a question on a public forum.
A member of the forum responded.
You've been around here long enough to know the rules. If you don't like them, leave.
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A member of the forum responded.Inadequate, unsatifying, and non-contributory (to any possible technical discussion) answer.
In fact, a totally inadequate answer was rendered previosuly as well.
The simple initial answer of 'carbon fiber' totally ignores other composites such as glass-fiber and quartz-fiber reinforced plastics (as used in the A380).
So, even your initial attempt has been shown to be inadequate, perhaps one could call it dated, inexact, lacking up-to-date and current content.
On that basis you are dismissed or excused; your option.
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