1 posted on
12/21/2005 5:07:01 AM PST by
saganite
To: saganite
Probably terrorism. Easy target.
2 posted on
12/21/2005 5:08:22 AM PST by
Ninian Dryhope
("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
To: saganite
So it's either the wing came off..severing fuel lines, which then caused misting and the explosion..or there was an explosion which then blew the wing off..
4 posted on
12/21/2005 5:09:59 AM PST by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
To: saganite
Metal gets fatigued over time when under constant changing stress. At some point it isn't safe to fly in old planes no matter how well maintained.
6 posted on
12/21/2005 5:11:14 AM PST by
DB
(©)
To: saganite
Who signed off on the airworthiness of the aircraft?
9 posted on
12/21/2005 5:14:06 AM PST by
stboz
To: saganite
Corrosion from salt water and/or fatigue can cause wing failure. I know of a case where an Aero Commander wing failure happened while turning final for landing at Love Field. The aircraft was a company shuttle on which the procedure was to shut down the left engine for passenger boarding at each stop, which happened a dozen or so times a day. A crack in a wing spar, aggravated by the vibration from engine starting cycle, got longer each time, until finally the little bit of added stress from banking for the final turn was too much.
"Fate is the Hunter." (Ernest Gann)
To: saganite
18 posted on
12/21/2005 5:25:04 AM PST by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: saganite
Da plane, da plane!
19 posted on
12/21/2005 5:27:16 AM PST by
bmwcyle
(Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
To: saganite
the 58-year-old plane That seems to be far beyond a safe zone for metal fatigue. Any metallurgists out there? It seems like this plane should have been retired a long time ago.
20 posted on
12/21/2005 5:27:54 AM PST by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: saganite
I wonder if anyone in the company is responsible for inspecting those planes regularly? /sarc
25 posted on
12/21/2005 5:49:41 AM PST by
Clara Lou
(A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
To: DB; jwpjr; Thermalseeker; ken5050; A.A. Cunningham; HamiltonJay; SteveJudd; pfflier; rahbert; ...
40 posted on
12/21/2005 2:38:58 PM PST by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
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