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AirAsia QZ8501: Plane tail lifted from seabed
BBC News ^ | January 10, 2015

Posted on 01/10/2015 4:56:17 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The Indonesian navy has retrieved from the seabed the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed two weeks ago.

Divers used an inflatable device to pull the tail to the sea's surface.

They are also searching for the plane's "black box" flight recorders, which officials believe have been separated from the tail section.

Forty-eight bodies have been retrieved so far.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airasia; airbus; boeing; potsdamgravitypotato; qz8501; seabed; seafloor

1 posted on 01/10/2015 4:56:17 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Looks like a big pumpkin.


2 posted on 01/10/2015 4:57:14 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Looks like a big pumpkin.


3 posted on 01/10/2015 4:57:14 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

Might be the inflatable object used to lift it, or the Great Pumpkin.


4 posted on 01/10/2015 5:36:58 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
which officials believe have been separated from the tail section

Interesting...did the pilot exceed rudder limits and tear it apart?
5 posted on 01/10/2015 7:35:03 AM PST by freebird5850 (Barry, just how are you going to lie out of this one?)
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To: freebird5850

Surely you jest....


6 posted on 01/10/2015 7:44:11 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

Just speculating but as I understand if too much rudder is applied it can tear off the vert stab.


7 posted on 01/10/2015 8:06:22 AM PST by freebird5850 (Barry, just how are you going to lie out of this one?)
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To: freebird5850
Any aircraft design that causes damage to the airframe due to pilot control input is flawed.
They used the pilot induced over control excuse in the Airbus Rockaway Beach crash where the vert stab was found a considerable distance from the rash site. It was the first object found, same in the Air France crash.
I. Submit that I would believe a faulty Airbus design before I would sign on to a pilot induced damage scenario
Airbus has some explaining to do...
8 posted on 01/10/2015 8:52:35 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

It’s not politically correct to say Airbus might have design flaws.


9 posted on 01/10/2015 12:49:22 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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