Posted on 11/01/2015 2:13:05 AM PST by WhiskeyX
The Egyptians are denying the reports that there was an emergency call.
They are saying that it broke into pieces while aloft. It's too early to rule out a bomb.
Watch what a few ounces of Semtex can do to a 747:
Okay, thanks. Found out the A/C type earlier. So, 21,000 flights equals 42,000 cycles which is basically half the life of the plane. After all the media guessing is over we’ll find out whether the plane in fact blew apart or whatever ....
How does one believe “pictures?” For the most part. Especially on Twitter.
Never said it did. Only that Telegraph stated “...engines made in USA.”
It was said Lockerbie tragedy was brought about by a baseball size of Semtex. True? False? Average person has no way of knowing for certain.
The innocents always suffer...
I have more than a passing knowledge of the subject, and know enough that the plane is difficult to fly without all the toys and computers working. The pilots do not fly the airplane, they program and input commands to the computer. There is no physical connection between anything in the flight deck and any control or actuator in the airplane. The plane can even be flown via remote control, like a drone, as that is how it operates now, the operator is on board instead of on the ground.
Multiple redundancies and “fail safe” used to be standard in aviation, no more.
Having a 2 week old, brand new aircraft crash and burn while performing nothing more than a low approach on a bluebird day does not instill confidence in a family of airplanes.
Killing over 1600 passengers does not instill confidence, either.
Statistics mean squat to orphans and widows.
“Multiple redundancies and ‘fail safe’ used to be standard in aviation, no more.”
This statement puzzles me. When in the history of aviation manufacturing did we go from ‘multiple redundancies and ‘fail safe’ being standard but no more?
Did this happen with one or more than one manufacturer? What is the FAA’s position on this change?
Howdy, Tzfat;
I know. I just like to ask questions when I see Bravo Sierra expressed as truth.
It reminds me of the time I was driving to work (aviation related) and there was a news story on the radio about a plane crash. The media screwed up the story big time. Many inaccuracies. I walked into work fuming and fussing about the story.
One of the wise old pilots looked at me at said “You are upset because the media screwed up on a story in which you have a measure of expertise. What about all the stories you swallow as truth on subjects where you have no knowledge?”
That was in 1987. It still haunts me.
Like I said....didn’t do aircraft.
but...since you asked:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_power_unit<
An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They are commonly found on large aircraft, ....
The GEARBOX transfers power from the main shaft of the engine to an oil-cooled generator for electrical power.
I liked the way you did it too.
I remember watching a 60 Minutes hatchet job on general aviation in 1980. Dan Rather is a pilot (kind of) and of course he was so off the facts it was absurd.
I learned then that if they could be so stupid about something I know well, the were likely stupid about things I do not know. I have not trusted the media since. I do my own research about things I do not know.
The APU is in the TAIL of every commercial airliner. You could never hear it as a passenger.
The PTU is under the passenger floor. It is found on most large aircraft. It is a hydraulic transfer pump that makes a noise that can be described as “grinding.” Although rarely operating, it is a perfectly normal system, and hearing it indicates the system is working to maintain hydraulic pressure at high transfer times, such at landing gear retraction. Hearing it is not a sign of poor design or poor maintenance.
Thanks for playing the Holiday Inn Express Arm Chair Expert.
Now some are believing what the wife of co-pilot complained about to his wife?
Not exactly a scientific or analytic answer.
But is the answer I would expect someone to toss out to muddy the waters.
We will never find out.
Airbus are built in Europe. It was owned by an Irish charter. The maintenance was as good as any other Euro plane.
Of one thousand flights I hear this LOUD grinding noise ONCE, and Mr. psychic wants to tell me its normal.
How is it the flight crew knew what I was talking about, eh?
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