I read the internal and external Boeing emails when they came out, makes for some reading...
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6615980-Boeing-737-MAX-emails
737-800 down in China
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I read the internal and external Boeing emails when they came out, makes for some reading...
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6615980-Boeing-737-MAX-emails
When you see the crash site, you can see why apparently they've found no human remains.
It's morbid but probably best that way than to see limbs and squished skulls etc and have to identify those. Some of the images from the MH17 crash were awful.
Yeah. I like to think that they wouldn't have known too much about it, hopefully.
Wow, that's crazy! Those things must be built like depleted uranium tank busters.
possible lost the tail plane, if the tail fins aren't there to balance the plane it basically becomes a lawn dart. happened to a Vanguard in the 70s.
pretty sure puters these days prevent a pilot from doing a dive like that.
Nothing to stop you in a Boeing. Airbus have limits in place but they can also be bypassed.
really? damn, that's scary. i've played simulators yers back that corrected you, you'd think real planes would do the same!
looking at that chart, looks a couple of times where the plane dropped 3 to 5 thousand feet in about 5 seconds. remember than the next time the attendants advise you keeping your seatbelt on whenever you're seated.
looking at that chart, looks a couple of times where the plane dropped 3 to 5 thousand feet in about 5 seconds. remember than the next time the attendants advise you keeping your seatbelt on whenever you're seated.
Depends on how thorough the Chinese are (and I do see they are already saying there won't be an independent investigation) but as time goes past and there isn't other debris fields found it looks less likely that it was a tail failure. But, if it was a terrorism incident or some other sort of "accident" there may be reasons for the Chinese authorties to cover it up.
The flight recorders are designed to take a very high impact on their own, then they're fitted in a location that to put it bluntly is chosen in part because in most of the worst impact scenarios the front 75% or so of the aircraft can act as a sort of "crumple zone" for it reducing the gforce the recorders enclosure has to face, then it's solid state to begin with these days and solid state parts can take a lot of gforce by their nature, and I wouldn't be surprised if the parts chosen are more rugged/tougher than standard.Wow, that's crazy! Those things must be built like depleted uranium tank busters.
Hopefully the can find out what's happened ASAP.
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Right. Either way, a nosedive should not be an option.
edit. And I said airbus as a generic term. By the way.
Probably written inside of the engine cover on the casing
I suspect if it is anything that could embarass the CCP (say a failure of maintenance) then it will be covered up but if it is a technical issue with the plane then we will find out because they will shout it from the roof tops.
Is it normal for a crash site to be cleared so quickly ?
I thought they document wreckage and 'look for clues' ( totally non technical words for it ) , Yet at 8.30am it has just happened and everthing ablaze, but at 8.30pm everything looks cleared ( The 2 videos on page 2 ) and it looks a pretty remote location to get to.
And no scorched earth ?
MH17 was brought down at a similar altitude and undoubtedly out of control, same as this plane - but the MH17 impact earth is black from fire damage, this site is just showing some fresh undersoil.
Not attempting to start any conspiracy nonsense but it all seems very quickly cleared.
I thought they document wreckage and 'look for clues' ( totally non technical words for it ) , Yet at 8.30am it has just happened and everthing ablaze, but at 8.30pm everything looks cleared ( The 2 videos on page 2 ) and it looks a pretty remote location to get to.
And no scorched earth ?
MH17 was brought down at a similar altitude and undoubtedly out of control, same as this plane - but the MH17 impact earth is black from fire damage, this site is just showing some fresh undersoil.
Not attempting to start any conspiracy nonsense but it all seems very quickly cleared.
Even if they wanted to clear it up as quickly as possible I don't think it would be feasibly possible to do so in just over 24 hours. But you are right in saying that they would normally document everything before clearing it away.
It isn't cleared AFAIK, it is basically vaporised. Check out the 737 MAX videos.
The lack of scorched Earth makes me wonder how much fuel it had left if any.