To: Norse
The DHL incident shows what really happens when a jumbo gets hit by a shoulder-fired missile. It was hit on takeoff, but was able to go around and land safely without any injuries.
To: MediaMole
I have pictures of what was left of the wing structure. They were lucky. The aft beam was compromised and the whole wing nearly departed outboard of the engine.
Every time a design engineer complains about by conservatism in my analysis I should show him a picture of that wing.
62 posted on
12/08/2003 2:38:16 PM PST by
avg_freeper
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