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: ken5050
They ever locate the remains of the 20th passenger?
5 posted on
12/21/2005 5:11:09 AM PST by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: ken5050
Or the wing seperated under load because it was corroded. These things live in salt water. I'm not sure whether the wing spar on these is wood or metal but the environment they operate in is rough on both materials.
7 posted on
12/21/2005 5:12:32 AM PST by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: ken5050
IF I had to guess from what I know about seaplanes (which is not much), I would bet the plane got caught in a wake or something and dipped a pontoon or wingtip which stressed the wing just enough to sheer it.
Jimmy Buffett had a similar accident off of either Long Island or Nantucket. He was acceleating for take off and one of his outer pontoons got hit by a large wave. The Pontoon submerged and flipped the plane over. Luckily for him there was no fire and he was able to escape.
10 posted on
12/21/2005 5:14:35 AM PST by
commish
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