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To: GalaxieFiveHundred

Explosion in the cargo bay?


25 posted on 07/25/2008 8:37:43 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2
Explosion in the cargo bay?

The close-up photo doesn't appear to reveal any evidence of explosive-related burns or the like, so if it wasn't an airframe/mechanical failure of some sort, may have been a can/cannister/tank under pressure in the cargo or passenger baggage that exploded.

30 posted on 07/25/2008 8:58:55 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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It doesn’t look like an explosion at all. It looks like a faring on the wing root came loose. When the wind pulled the faring off, it ripped a hole in the pressurized fuselage leading to additional damage from decompression.


47 posted on 07/27/2008 9:00:21 AM PDT by MediaMole
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Explosion in the cargo bay?
Looks just forward of the cockpit ...

/sarc

LOOK at the proximity to the outward-opening forward cargo bay door though ...

48 posted on 10/05/2008 6:19:49 PM PDT by _Jim (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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