Posted on 08/08/2020 10:43:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Survivors of an Air India express plane crash say the jetliner swayed violently as it approached a hilltop runway soaked by monsoon rain. Moments later, the special return flight for Indians stranded abroad by the pandemic skidded off, nosedived and cracked in two, leaving at least 18 dead and more than 120 injured.
The 2-year-old Boeing 737-800 flew from Dubai to Kozhikode, also called Calicut, in Kerala. There were 174 adult passengers, 10 infants, two pilots and four cabin crew on board.
In a telephone interview from his hospital bed, Renjith Panangad, a plumber who was returning home for the first time in three years after losing his job at a construction company in Dubai, said the plane swayed before the crash and everything went dark.
He said he followed other passengers who crawled their way out of the fuselage through the emergency exit.
He said the pilot made a regular announcement before landing, and moments after the plane hit the runway, it nosedived.
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No center fuel tank explosions would ever be possible.
In the event of a crash and fuel tank rupture the nitrogen would flow out with the spilled fuel and blanket it delaying a fire for 5 minutes.
A passenger aircraft has to demonstrate evacuation in 90 seconds to get certified...
In the event of a crash and fuel tank rupture the nitrogen would flow out with the spilled fuel and blanket it delaying a fire for 5 minutes.
I didn't read the thread - just your comment but please tell me this is required in modern planes...
The 737 was 13.7 years old and not 2 as the article says.
Not that it makes any differnce
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