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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 10:59 PM Original message |
Air France 447 Crash Theory Now Focused On Tail Snapping Off (Again) |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Airbus. If it ain't Boeing |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah...I'm not too keen on hurtling through the air inside a chunk of metal |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Microsoft Vista controlling the plane? |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Vista or Windows Mobile 5 |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yeah, let's make a joke out of over 200 people dying. |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Nothing. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Yes, it's the 90's again. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. A WM plane would fly just fine but need to be rebooted after every flight. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. If it was Vista; it would be slower, not accept old people, |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Boeing is going to fly-by-wire as well. You won't have a choice soon. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No Airbus for me either. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. now boarding at a field in Colorado |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. No, but the control a skilled pilot can |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. that doesn't even make sense, |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No, I am saying that the computer |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. you do that... |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I would fly in an A340. It has 4 engines. But an A330 no way nt |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't want to be picky, but... |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. 787 will be fly-by-wire with hydrolic backup, like the 777 |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Are you sure about the hydraulic backup? |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It has three hydraulic systems. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's not the material that's becoming suspect, but the engineering |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Metal corrodes, these composites don't. But it appears that the material probably |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. I still say check the names on the passenger list.... |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. airbus earlier incident |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. the pilot tried to fly against the flight envelope protection |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. Uggh |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't these lines point to the past problems being the computer |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Might/maybe/could have = same ol' speculation |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. I may be ignorant about the operation of airplanes, but |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. USAir 427 is still unsolved - better ground all those 737's just to be safe |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. 737'S have a long history of safe operation |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. So does the Airbus A330/A340 family |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. With 16 years they are babies compared with the 737, and they have already 9 accidents nt |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. There have been more than 70 fatal 737 crashes |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It's true airbuses are very safe |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. NTSB did solve the problem with US Air 427-and rudder redesigned |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. they found a problem, they didn't prove the cause of the crash |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Boeing may maintain there was no rudder defect, but they settled all the lawsuits |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Scary stuff. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Lots of unhelpful speculation |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Don't go bringing common sense into this. |
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