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To: hamboy

the left brake reached temperatures higher than 900°C, ATSB reports

1652 F OH MY! Far past red heat;orange! Not much left.

Passengers could see the damage through windows and a video stream on the in-flight entertainment system, which probably made for more thrilling viewing than they would have liked

http://www.businessinsider.com/frightening-photos-from-the-report-on-the-qantas-a380-incident-show-exactly-what-happened-2013-7#ixzz3jMyy8S38


43 posted on 08/20/2015 8:39:19 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It’s new airplane, engine blast could have ripped or lost the wing, rapid lose of hydraulic fluids could have been a UA232 or PR434 scenario, saving the plane couldn’t be done by sidesticks nor die-by-wire. QF32 pilots landed the plane at above the maximum allowable landing weight dumping fuel to lighten could ignite the plane.


49 posted on 08/20/2015 11:48:50 AM PDT by hamboy
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