Posted on 07/02/2021 10:10:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Or contamination.
No loadmaster needed. Cargo safely anchored in closed “cans” or on pallets before takeoff. Mechanical locks on the cargo deck. Fire suppression system activated from cockpit if needed.
First clue: They didn’t hit the water at 300 knots.
2nd clue: They would have already blamed the deceased crew.
Yeah, it was probably Russians. It’s long been suspected that the prelude to a Russian attack was to shoot down a cargo plane flying between the Hawaiian islands.
Fuel problems or an incredible double engine failure which is rare in the extreme, but it could happen.
Glad they’re both safe,Boeing can’t get break at least their stock didn’t tank.
both were hurt badly and one is in critical condition
Which is categorized as fuel starvation.
I love that show, I watch it all the time. Growing up, I wanted to be an air accident investigator - it has always fascinated me. But, unfortunately, the cards weren’t in it for me.
I guess you have never spent any time hanging around an FBO on the GA side of HNL then? Plenty of "Adventurous" pilots there.
I used to be a jet mechanic back in the day...we never viewed it that way, but that was some forty years ago. Could be different now.
We understood that fuel contamination CAN be a contributing factor to fuel starvation, but not always
IIRC, fuel contamination CAN cause fuel starvation by clogging filters, injector nozzles, or other things depending on what the fuel is contaminated with, but that is not always the case with physical fuel starvation.
Water in the fuel or other liquid contaminants may change the integrity of the fuel and cause it to combust incorrectly, which can cause whatever engine using it to be unable to function.
I suppose it is a semantic thing, and as a mechanic, I would classify it one way, where an investigator for other reasons, might classify it another way.
For example, if the fuel is contaminated by water, technically the engine will starve for lack of combustible fuel which is generally caused by bad fuel from a bowser, or an introduction of contaminant after fuel is in the aircraft...but if the fuel is okay but not getting to the engine, there are a host of other possible causes which would be investigated such as a bad fuel control, blockage in a pump, failure to transfer from tanks that are full of good fuel, and so on.
But I do get the point you make.
6 thru 9: Sharks leaping into the engines
Wrong fuel. Idiot filled it with 120 octane avgas I bet.
SS1
The pilot said the second engine was running hot after shutting down the first engine. Here is a 20 minute discussion of the accident by an airline pilot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjIMAr3nZk
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