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Did explosion cause jet hole?
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| 7/25/08
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Posted on 07/25/2008 12:59:54 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected
I was on two Southwest flights in two day when they had to abort the landing. I think it was the same pilot. My brother, who a captain for UPS, asked me if I was bucking for a world record. It has only happened to him (as a passenger) once.
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posted on
07/25/2008 2:16:13 PM PDT
by
Lobbyist
(I want my American dream!!!!)
To: null and void
Maybe the auto-pilot was overinflated...
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posted on
07/25/2008 2:16:38 PM PDT
by
meyer
(...by any means necessary.)
To: Boagenes
Holes dont appear in jets without an explosion, so I would venture that an explosion is a good guess. And it was coming from London, Heathrow, wasnt it?
Not always the case... remember the 737 in Hawaii that lost the top of it's fuselage?
Too soon to jump to those conclusions. I can't tell from the pictures if that panel is removable (i.e. bolted in place) or riveted. As a previous post said, the panel came off quite cleanly.... bad/corroded rivets? ...or just poorly fastened on?
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posted on
07/25/2008 2:19:24 PM PDT
by
az_gila
(AZ - need less democrats)
To: Oztrich Boy
Note that there is no attibution, and no "chiming in." The best I could find from any source was a statement from a Bangkok(!) newspaper that "someone" at TSA allegedly said, "anonymously" that "initial indications are not terrorism."
Hardly official trumpeting, even if bangkok and australian papers can be believed on this or other subjects.
To: Oztrich Boy
Note that there is no attibution, and no "chiming in." The best I could find from any source was a statement from a Bangkok(!) newspaper that "someone" at TSA allegedly said, "anonymously" that "initial indications are not terrorism."
Hardly official trumpeting, even if bangkok and australian papers can be believed on this or other subjects.
To: Boagenes
Gee an explosive that leaves the luggage unmoved?
You just saw a storm in Texas that had 100 mph winds. This plane was doing almost 500 mph. Think.
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posted on
07/25/2008 3:07:24 PM PDT
by
Domangart
(editor and publisher)
To: Domangart
Gee an explosive that leaves the luggage unmoved?Makes about as much sense as "This plane was doing almost 500 mph. Think."
How could a 500 mph wind NOT move the luggage?
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posted on
07/25/2008 3:17:45 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
To: null and void
Just looking at some other pictures on the Internet and taking a good educated guess I'll say it was one thing led to another, first the sheet metal panel came off, and then the next layer was breached.
My first guess is that wing wasn't attached as good as it should be. I noticed the first sheet metal layer pretty much came off as a whole unit except for a small pieces toward the front and up aways, . I think if it was an explosion, it would of punched a hole through the sheet metal instead of taking the whole panel off.
My second thought is that this panel could of been taken off for maintenance at one time and never put back in place properly with the correct screws, rivets, etc, or the screws, rivets, etc are not holding up, but I would hope the second layer would be able to hold. Never the less what ever the cause I'm sure the pajamas patrol will reveal more out of this event then they will want to admit.
To: Boagenes
Holes dont appear in jets without an explosionThis one did:
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posted on
07/25/2008 3:31:34 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
To: null and void
So much for the first class seating, but what a view. If only you could remove the steel fuselage fragments from your eyes.
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posted on
07/25/2008 3:34:14 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: null and void
Theres a hole where there shouldnt be. Only a Brit could say that with a straight face!
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posted on
07/25/2008 6:22:06 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: null and void
I hate flying. Me too. My arms get so tired...LOL! You got me!
CC&E
To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected
;^)
More seriously the only part of the flight I hate is the take-off.
I'm never quite sure the airplane will end up in the air.
Once it's in the air I can relax.
Because I'm certain it will end up on the ground...
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posted on
07/25/2008 7:02:26 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
To: raybbr
It pushed it to the rear of the container. The first row went outside as did the skin of the container. Note one piece left in the picture. This is not the first time this has happened. I was on a Pan Am that lost an entire wing flap.
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posted on
07/26/2008 3:32:43 PM PDT
by
Domangart
(editor and publisher)
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