[The Magical Mischief Tour]

What the hell is going on?

Anyone else watch the NTSB briefing?

[Blade]

Simple. An old fashioned cover-up.

[samuel_adams_us]

What do you expect from a bunch of losers who work for the federal government? We all know they are full of crap, we just don't have a concerted effort with cash out there to show the truth. What we need is someone like 60 minutes to take this by the horns and prove their are lying. Then we might get the truth!

[OwenKellogg]

>>> NTSB dude just claimed that .3 to .8 g's encountered during the wake encounter caused the Airbus to break up in flight... <<<

NTSB dude is nuts.

[11B3]

In other words, it was a bomb. Why didn't they just say: "Isolated incident....Nothing to see here......"

[Darth Reagan]

Not being a Physicist or Aeronautical Engineer, I hesitate to substitute my judgment for the NTSB.

[japaneseghost]

Hey, look, we know the gov. is going to lie about it.

This is actually a good compromise, because if they blamed Airbus when it was actually terrorism, trust me, the French CEO of Airbus would have a sh**fit.

[nevergore]

Don't set your expectations so high, we're at war! The truth would be too damaging to the economy, the country and the world......

Nothing to see here, go buy some clothes, a dishwasher or a car.....

NeverGore

[ChemistCat]

If there was something very wrong with the vertical stabilizer, sure a .3g wake turbulence could have caused the crash. So could just being in the air for three minutes. That thing came off CLEANLY. That is not something that would have happened if it had been properly bolted down.

[Blueflag]

Can't watch it at work. But I can tell you that in spirited street driving you regularly achieve .3 - .5 Gs.

If what you reported is true (sorry) then this is pure poppycock. I don't know what the A300 is rated to, but I bet it is easily +5 and -3 G's.

Hogwash and balderdash (to be polite)

[aomagrat]

[KQQL]

So is W as bad as Bubba? looks like another cover up.

[NC Conservative]

Does anyone have the B.S. meter? Cause I smell something foul.

[hankbrown]

Did this theory come from a review of the flight data recorder? If not, where is the flight data recorder information?

[grimalkin]

Oh, come on NTSB!! I'm getting tired of all this manure.

[gdani]

NTSB dude just claimed that .3 to .8 g's encountered during the wake encounter caused the Airbus to break up in flight...

Maybe he was just confused with ValuJet

[Avi8tor]

IMPORTANT:

See these posts:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/570858/posts?page=59#59

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/570726/posts?page=16#16

[Born to Conserve]

If the turbulence happens to impart a harmonic vibration, anything is possible.

Structural engineers have become the whores of the bankers and lawyers. Airplanes, bridges, cars, BUILDINGS, have all been designed to the absolute minimum legal (liability) limits. They pass the tests, but when they fail, they fail all the way. No redundancies or safetey margins to fall back on when they realize they forgot about something.

[history_matters]

It is a clever story when you think of it - basically saying no one is to blame.

But for some clean up in Afghanistan, we can all have a nice quiet RAMADAN

[ /sarcasm ]

[Joe Boucher]

It's a N.T.S.B. cover up. They are trying to keep alive the american airline industry. Nope, no bomb here. Nothing to see move along. Keep flying even though we aren't keeping planes from blowing up. ( see flight 800 and this one too). Do you believe the gubmnt.? Are they telling the truth? Oh yeah, sure.

[BillM]

Aircraft certified in the 'Normal' category are certified to +3.8g, -1.52g limits. This is nuts.