They should have been more prepared.
Posted on 02/06/2005 7:41:01 PM PST by aculeus
Ping.
Incredible. . .
Wow, that's interesting. I assume the writer means that passengers could see through the cockpit door.
I know I've never been able to see the nose of an airplane while seated and looking out through the window.
Bookmarked, with this.
Probably not, as early as 1990. But even ISO9000 companies make mistakes.
17,000 Feet, face outside the aircraft? I thought that, a la Payne Stewart, being that high without pressure and oxygen caused death within minutes. Could there be, at least, some exaggeration going on?
Yeah, sure.
I have inside information that he broke out the windshield because he saw a monster on the nose of the plane.
Yeah, and they've got a really good mission statement too!
So9
No, hypoxia at that altitude and velocity resulting in his passing out. Had they been stationary he probably would've had some brain damage, but at nearly 400 mph he had plenty of O2. Also, they were in a nosedive with steadily increasing oxygen.
Payne Stewart's Lear suffered decompression on its' way up to 41,000 feet, most likely through a failure of the pressurization pumps. They died because the co-pilot didn't follow the rules - one of the flight crew MUST be strapped into their seat and wearing oxygen at ALL TIMES above FL 12. (12,000' above sea level.)
What happened was: the engineer replaced the windshield and used the several same size bolts as he had removed, and also re-used some of the originals, as there weren't enough new bolts in stock.
It turned out that the bolts that were holding the windshield were 1 size smaller than the specs call for.
I saw this on the discovery channel last week. It's a truly amazing story, and there is much more to it than you can get from a 6 paragraph blurb in your local rag.
Why you punk kid! What's someone your age doing on a site like this? You're young enough to be my grandkid!
They should have been more prepared.
Learning from you.
"Why you punk kid! What's someone your age doing on a site like this? You're young enough to be my grandkid!"
To contribute to the debate from a unique perspective. I have also found that I learn as much here as in any history class.
As far as I know there is no minimum age.
BA= British Airways??
"In 1992, a report was published showing that a BA engineer, working
under pressure, had fitted a new windscreen with bolts that were too
small. "
Now why am I not surprised......
One has to be curious about the other planes who "fall out of the sky".
This is still an amazing incident, with several heroes.
Welcome to FR, kid, even if you're not exactly a newbie.
I hope some of your conservative leanings rub off on your classmates. We can use more young conservatives in CA. Gives hope that the west coast may yet turn around some day. I bet we will see you leading the charge in a few years.
So, stick around kid, the funs just startin'. Be careful though, this place can be addictive.
FReegards,
RT
As God is my witness, I thought it was going to be about Howard Dean, too!
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