Gulfstream crash in France

[Deadstick]

Not a lot of info yet, but curious as to why the buckets would be deployed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...LiW_story.html

[Evan]

Interesting tree damage. Looks like the wing separated and the trees survived.

Hopefully Professor Benieda can sort his impossibility out for us.

[Dream_In_Flight]

Another POV.

[brianw999]

Originally Posted by Deadstick

.....but curious as to why the buckets would be deployed....

Crashed on landing. Probably trying like fury to stop it before running off the end. And if those reversers were operating when the wings, and therefore fuel tanks, were taken off by the trees I would think that they would contribute greatly to the resulting fire ?

[brianw999]

Originally Posted by Evan

Interesting tree damage. Looks like the wing separated and the trees survived.

Hopefully Professor Benieda can sort his impossibility out for us.

Trees, even relatively small ones are remarkably resilient. I have been to road accidents where 2 tons of blunt force vehicle has been totally destroyed yet the tree that it hit has just lost a bit of bark.

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by brianw999

Trees, even relatively small ones are remarkably resilient. I have been to road accidents where 2 tons of blunt force vehicle has been totally destroyed yet the tree that it hit has just lost a bit of bark.

Yes, but that vehicles were not made of a structure of thin and lighweight aluminium, otherwise the tree would have resulted sliced as butter with a hot knife.