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A hero's stress fracture (pilot who saved hundreds after Airbus explosion)
Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) ^
| 22nd July 2012
| Jennifer Sexton
Posted on 07/21/2012 10:50:19 AM PDT by naturalman1975
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And the crew got it down on the ground with everybody safe.
To: naturalman1975
How come Bruce Willis never has this problem?
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posted on
07/21/2012 10:56:18 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: naturalman1975
I like how they had a $4000 bar-bill afterwards.
Oi! Oi! Oi!
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posted on
07/21/2012 10:58:26 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: naturalman1975
Typical pilot. He’s dissatisfied that he didn’t do it better.
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:04:32 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1277 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: naturalman1975
God bless Captain de Crespigny, and comfort him.
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:13:04 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: naturalman1975
Tried to reply, but this Samsung phone sucks. GalaxyII Epic blows for ‘net
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:20:17 AM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: thoolou
Suprised that worked. EVO works every time. Samsung sucks.
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:25:10 AM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: naturalman1975
This hole:
Is on the OPPOSITE side of the plane from the broken engine.
It is an exit hole, I could find no images of the entrance hole or holes...
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:26:45 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1277 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: naturalman1975
Um, how come I can't find the name of the engine manufacturer in the article? Did I miss it?
Isn't that like one of the main things one would want to know, followed by who did the maintenance? Or lack thereof?
To: Calvin Locke
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:44:58 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1277 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
07/21/2012 11:51:25 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(obozo could bring back literal slavery with chains and still he will get 85+% of the black vote)
To: naturalman1975
Crew performance aside, the plane proved it was capable and had enough layers of safety to withstand the explosion.
We remember another engine explosion on a DC-10 which rendered the plane’s hydraulics useless. That heroic crew saved 60% of the souls on board by crash landing in Iowa.
This Quantas plane was controllable.
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posted on
07/21/2012 12:19:45 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: null and void
That’s a different aircraft (747-400) and a different incident.
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07/21/2012 12:24:22 PM PDT
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adnoid
To: adnoid
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posted on
07/21/2012 12:36:29 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1277 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: freedumb2003
The bottom two photos show the same hole from opposite sides.
That means the fuel poured out of the tank over the shredded wiring.
Please, whatever you do, DO NOT compare this to the center fuel tank on Flt 800.
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posted on
07/21/2012 12:41:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1277 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: cicero2k
We remember another engine explosion on a DC-10 which rendered the planes hydraulics useless. The DC-10 is without a doubt the worst engineered modern passenger jet. It's successor, the MD-11 isn't much better. At least now when they crash, it's carrying cargo instead of passengers.
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posted on
07/21/2012 12:48:29 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: naturalman1975
I will NEVER willingly fly on any Airbus product.
To: Moonman62
The engine falling off of the DC-10 was due to the maintenance crew cutting corners in how they removed engines, not a design flaw.
The airlines that followed the best recommended procedures did not damage and overstress the pins holding the engine on.
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posted on
07/21/2012 1:04:34 PM PDT
by
MikeSteelBe
(Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
Keep FR Running
Counter the MSM spin machine.
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posted on
07/21/2012 1:14:21 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
To: naturalman1975
a monkey can sit in the pilot's seat when it's on autopilot, it's when the SHTF that i want a good pilot at the wheel... God Bless this man
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posted on
07/21/2012 1:27:55 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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