Bubba po

I wholeheartedly agree. If ever I'm intending to fly I choose to get on an aircraft. It's just that they seem to be purpose-built for the job, with wings, engines, and landing-gear and all that. I think a bus or a motorcycle or one of those uppy-downy railway bogie carriages would just careen into the bushes at the end of the runway.

stuart2008sti

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Was there just before the wave hit,would live there tomorrow ,the beaches the people, the food,when i retire i think.fantastic place.Best place i have been to.Dont knock it until you try it.

Will

Call me a ***** if you want . I have never been on an aircraft and never

will, im **** scared of em TBH. If i can get to another country by ferry etc

then i will

Bubba po

If you're going to quote me, you really ought to read and digest my post.

Will

Oh ffs i just did

I feel a tit

New_scooby_04

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I don't doubt you mate. I was thinking more along the lines of what the name of the place sounds like!

Bubba po

Which is better than feeling a ****, I imagine.

Will

Oh christ 100%

Funkii Munkii

+ the Turkish DC-10 ex ORY to LHR in 74
Lost Cargo Door Brings Down DC-10 in Paris

Cargo Door again, MD properly messed this up and bodged it after the 1st accident, only after the Turkish one went down did they totally redesign the door locking mechanism.

I'm sure NAT21 once said (not that long ago) the AA ex ORD engine fell off on take off because it wasn't replaced properly after a major service.

ALi-B

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Yup; and I don't think all have them have been fixedyet (should have been done by 2008) and it seems the rectified components are showing to have quality control issues as well.

Bearing in mind airline operators and Boeing has "officially" known about it since 1997, you'd think they might have sorted it by now.

Leslie

Thats a horrifying accident. Its the sort of thing aircrew wake up screaming in the night about.

Looks like apart from the hydraulic failure which may well have affected the flying controls, he was probably below safety speed or even the crit speed which would have been high because of the high weight. The sharp roll towards the lost engine indicates loss of control because of insufficient control of the asymmetrical problem with the live engine at max power. This could be due to loss of the effectiveness of the flying controls, or insufficent speed to get sufficient rudder control.

Its a situation which you can do nothing to save!

Les