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Qantas 'scarebus' QF32 was a flying wreck
Herald Sun ^
| 12th November 2010
Posted on 11/11/2010 2:00:06 PM PST by naturalman1975
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To: beebuster2000
Mistaken missile theory is much more plausible if this was the aircraft mistaken for a missile off of the SoCA coast.
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:17:00 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: naturalman1975
The only two safe modes of transportation today.Boeing and greyhound.
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:17:02 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Moonman62
Yes.
The engine might explode, but it shouldn’t transfer damage to the wing.
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:17:53 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
The best safety device in any aircraft, is a well trained pilot... ?
So why are so many accidents due to "pilot error"? Is that just a way to whitewash away from the real cause of the problem?
To: naturalman1975
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Without full hydraulics the spoilers - the hinged flaps on the front of the wings - could not be fully deployed to slow the jet." Those hinged flaps on the front of the wings are called "slats", not flaps and are activated aerodynamically, hydraulically, or mechanically. Spoilers come out of the top of the wing and look like small square posts to kill lift .... slats do not slow the jet, they help create a larger wing surface area (and work in conjunction with flaps) so the plane can fly slower when landing.
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:22:07 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("If You Don't Read The News You're Uninformed, If You Do Read The News You're Misinformed")
To: naturalman1975
If it ain’t Boeing...I ain’t going!
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:23:33 PM PST
by
Bobalu
( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
To: Fractal Trader
So why are so many accidents due to "pilot error"? Is that just a way to whitewash away from the real cause of the problem?I guess cause the explanation of "swamp gas" would be a bit over the top...
To: naturalman1975
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Without full hydraulics the spoilers - the hinged flaps on the front of the wings - could not be fully deployed to slow the jet."
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:28:09 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("If You Don't Read The News You're Uninformed, If You Do Read The News You're Misinformed")
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
The best safety device in any aircraft, is a well trained pilot...
BUMP!
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:32:07 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: The Sons of Liberty
Boeing - built in America!With Chinese parts!
To: SkyDancer
Hey, these are the same reporters who refer to any semi-auto rifle as an “assault rifle.”
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:35:47 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Boeing will be much better when they move all production to SC and other right to work states.
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:42:40 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
I also think that the fairly close proximity of a runway that can handle a 380 helped some. Could they have made it safely back if the plane was further along it's projected trip no matter how good the pilots are?
To: Frantzie
Unfortunately subcontracted parts will still come from China, more and more every year.
To: Army Air Corps
Sort of like these?
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:48:28 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("If You Don't Read The News You're Uninformed, If You Do Read The News You're Misinformed")
To: naturalman1975
Wasn’t that engine failure due to something penetrating it from the outside?
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:50:04 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: SJSAMPLE
Well, you can hope to contain the debris, but as it exits out the back end of the motor, it’s going to go where physics sends it. The more debris you have traveling down the gaspath, the better the odds are that you’re going to rupture your case, and send debris out into the open. We had belly bands on the turbine sections of some of our motors, but that was more of a “feel good” kind of thing, than an actual means of protection.
To: Frantzie
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posted on
11/11/2010 2:54:02 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: naturalman1975
After this, does anyone really think we should go the road to airliners flown remotely?
Not me.
To: Last Dakotan
And with possible ROP assemblers.
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posted on
11/11/2010 3:26:49 PM PST
by
353FMG
(In the end, it will be either ISLAM or America -- it cannot be both.)
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