Posted on 03/12/2014 3:13:28 PM PDT by lbryce
Google B777 pitot icing There are plenty of sources.
cracking and corrosion in the fuselage skin..... that is not a good thing. Somebody better fix it. I hope Boeing isn’t going to be like GM and drag this out.
I thought that GLUING things together minimizes holes; thus fewer stress concentration points; thus LESS cracking...
HMMMmmm...
Research it yourself.
Past FR link from 2005:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486262/posts
Did this 777 have a bad history from 2005? read the attached link.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2005/aair/aair200503722.aspx
In-flight upset; Boeing 777-200, 9M-MRG,
PILOTS on a Boeing 777 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur battled to gain control of the plane last month after an unknown computer error caused the aircraft to pitch violently and brought it close to stalling.
A flight attendant dropped a tray of drinks and another began praying as the Malaysian Airlines pilots fought to counter false information being fed into the aircraft’s autopilot system and primary flight display.
The glitch prompted plane manufacturer Boeing to issue a global notice to all 777 operators alerting them to the problem.
Flight MH124 was about an hour out of Perth when the aircraft began behaving erratically. The incorrect data from a supposedly fail-safe device caused the plane to pitch up and climb 3000ft (914m), cutting its indicated airspeed from 500km/h to 292km/h and activating a stall warning and a “stickshaker”.
A stickshaker vibrates the aircraft’s controls to warn the pilot he is approaching a speed at which the plane will have insufficient lift to keep flying
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