To: nickcarraway
I guess I always thought plane skins were made out of titanium, or some other uber strong metal. The photo looks like it was made out of balsa wood.
My expert opinion is that the damage was done by an African swallow carrying a coconut...
6 posted on
01/22/2016 12:06:21 PM PST by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: El Cid
...Nakawa said the aircraft, which has a capacity of 112 passengers......and 1(or 2 to maintain a coconut)mangled African Swallow...
9 posted on
01/22/2016 12:19:44 PM PST by
RckyRaCoCo
(Political Correctness is a kool-aid drinking suicide cult)
To: El Cid
That looks to be fiberglass but most of it is thin aluminum .040 of an inch thick. About the thickness of a thin pencil lead.
13 posted on
01/22/2016 3:37:11 PM PST by
biff
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