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Originally posted by xspeedy View PostWow. Nobody is speculating? I say bong.AirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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[blue text on] Crappy composite airbus, you wouldn't see a boeing land with a hole in its side! [blue text off]
Seriously - Awesome that a plane could withstand an explosion that caused this damage and land safely, even if it wasn't at FL330. I can't remember many other aircraft of ANY type that have survived an explosion like this - sure there was the Aloha flight with 6 rows of roof missing but that wasn't an explosion.
VAZ
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Originally posted by vaztr View Post[blue text on] Crappy composite airbus, you wouldn't see a boeing land with a hole in its side! [blue text off]
Seriously - Awesome that a plane could withstand an explosion that caused this damage and land safely, even if it wasn't at FL330. I can't remember many other aircraft of ANY type that have survived an explosion like this - sure there was the Aloha flight with 6 rows of roof missing but that wasn't an explosion.
VAZAirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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Originally posted by James Bond View PostOff the top of my head, TWA 840 in 1986 appears to be almost identical to this.
Trans World Airlines Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles to Cairo via New York City, Rome, and Athens. The flight originated in Los Angeles on a Boeing 747 and transferred to a Boeing 727 in Rome for the remainder of the flight. About 20 minutes before landing in Athens, a bomb hidden underneath seat 10F was detonated on the aircraft while it was over Argos, Greece, blasting a hole in the plane's starboard side. Four American passengers, including an eight-month-old infant, were ejected through the hole to their deaths below. Seven others on the aircraft were injured by shrapnel as the cabin suffered a rapid decompression. The remaining 110 passengers survived the incident as pilot Richard "Pete" Petersen made an emergency landing.[4]The bodies of three of the four victims were later recovered from a meadow near Argos; the fourth was found in the sea.
A group calling itself the "Arab Revolutionary Cells" claimed responsibility, saying it was committed because of "American imperialism" and clashes with Libya in the Gulf of Sidra the week before.[5] Investigators concluded that the bomb contained one pound of plastic explosive. It is suspected it had been placed under the seat cushion on a previous journey by a Lebanese woman (later arrested, never convicted) who worked for the Abu Nidal Organisation, which was opposed to the peace process.
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Originally posted by vaztr View Post[blue text on]there was the Aloha flight with 6 rows of roof missing but that wasn't an explosion.
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Originally posted by vaztr View Post[blue text on] Crappy composite airbus, you wouldn't see a boeing land with a hole in its side! [blue text off]
Despite a busted tail* I am becoming increasingly impressed with how these fusilages hold up.
A couple of short landings and Sully surfing and largely in tact cabins. Seems like other incidents (including on board explosions) have usually have much more broken aircraft.
*Yes, the busted tail comment brushes over numerous nuances.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Also Qantus Flight 30 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_30)
That one was caused by an oxygen tank exploding, but the hole was much much lower than on this flight, suggesting definitely something in the cabin area.
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Originally posted by Evan View PostYou guys crack me up. As if the A320 was just molded from plastic... The A320 uses about 10% composites by weight, as opposed to the A350 or the B787 which both use about 52%. That hole is blasted through aluminum my friends.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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