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To: DJ MacWoW
"Please give an example."

There are many available. Just do a Google search, but here is one that is especially applicable to this case....

"Comments: The Boeing was operated on a military logistic flight from Tehran to McGuire AFB via Madrid. The flight took off from Tehran at 08.20h GMT and climbed to a cruising altitude of FL330. After establishing contact with Madrid control, clearance was received to CPL VOR via Castejon. At 14.25h the flight was cleared to FL100. At 14.30 the crew advised Madrid that they were diverting to the elft because of thunderstorm activity, and at 14.32 Madrid cleared ULF48 to 5000ft and directed him to contact Madrid approach control. At 14.33 the crew contacted approach control and advised them that there was too much weather activity ahead and requested to be vectored around it. Last radio contact was when ULF48 acknowledged the 260deg heading instructions and informed Madrid that they were descending to 5000ft. The aircraft was later found to have crashed in farmland at 3000ft msl following left wing separation. It appeared that the aircraft had been struck by lightning, entering a forward part of the aircraft and exiting from a static discharger on the left wingtip. The lightning current's conductive path to the static discharger at the tip was through a bond strap along the trailing edge. Concentration of current at the riveted joint between this bond strap and a wing rib were sufficient conductive to cause the flash to reattach to this rivet and to leave the discharger. Fuel vapors in the no.1 fuel tank then ignited. The explosion caused the upper wing skin panel to separate, causing a drastic altering of the aeroelastic properties of the wing, and especially the outboard section of wing. The outer wing began to oscillate, developing loads which caused the high-frequency antenna and outer tip to separate. The whole wing failed a little later."

"And I have to tell you that I believe these guys before anyone else."

So you believe a bunch of guys with a stated agenda before you believe Boeing who has the most to lose in this case when the mishap is attributed to a design flaw? And you believe them over ALPA (Airline Pilots Association), who is chock full of aviation professionals and who support the NTSB findings?

139 posted on 06/22/2006 1:53:47 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: Rokke

Do you have a link to that please? I'd like to read it.


142 posted on 06/22/2006 1:58:08 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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