What Have The British Ever Done For...
Society & Culture0 min ago
Plane Crash
Plane crashes nowadays are so rare compared to decades ago , that when one occurs nowadays , it's a bit of a shock
https:/
Must be a terrible time for the families / friends etc of those on the plane
https:/
Must be a terrible time for the families / friends etc of those on the plane
Answers
1 to 19 of 19
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Bazile. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
In a lot of plane crashes in the past , lives / more lives could have been saved if there wasn't a subsequent fire
I remember reading some while back that investigations were being made into producing an aviation fuel that was not so explosive ( which ironically is one of the requirement of an internal combustion engine ) or designing the fuel tanks to be more resilient in an impact
I seem to recall that the idea was dropped because of the costs involved
In this case the plane burst into flames on impact with the ground - of course we don't know if it was the initial impact that was the cause of death or the subsequent explosion
I remember reading some while back that investigations were being made into producing an aviation fuel that was not so explosive ( which ironically is one of the requirement of an internal combustion engine ) or designing the fuel tanks to be more resilient in an impact
I seem to recall that the idea was dropped because of the costs involved
In this case the plane burst into flames on impact with the ground - of course we don't know if it was the initial impact that was the cause of death or the subsequent explosion
following the previous 737-max accident (JT610), the FAA issued the following airworthiness directive:-
http://
not suggesting the 2 incidents are linked - nevertheless.....
http://
not suggesting the 2 incidents are linked - nevertheless.....
Attention is centring on the planes anti-stalling system, which was found to be responsible for the previous Lion Airlines crash.
// Early data from the [Lion Airlines] doomed plane's flight recorder suggests that for much of its 11-minute flight on October 29, the pilots were struggling with the craft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
This is a computer system designed to prevent the nose of the Boeing 737-Max from pulling too far up and putting the plane into a stall when under manual control. It has nothing to do with the airplane's autopilot.
According to an early analysis of the crash, based on the partial release of flight data, the MCAS appeared to have mistakenly sensed a looming stall and tried to force the plane's nose down. The pilots responded by pulling the plane's nose up to compensate, only to have the MCAS system force the nose back down again.
In effect, they were wrestling with software and hardware inadvertently trying to kill them. It is thought an angle-of-attack sensor passed bad readings to the automatic MCAS, which downed the plane as a result. //
https:/
// Early data from the [Lion Airlines] doomed plane's flight recorder suggests that for much of its 11-minute flight on October 29, the pilots were struggling with the craft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
This is a computer system designed to prevent the nose of the Boeing 737-Max from pulling too far up and putting the plane into a stall when under manual control. It has nothing to do with the airplane's autopilot.
According to an early analysis of the crash, based on the partial release of flight data, the MCAS appeared to have mistakenly sensed a looming stall and tried to force the plane's nose down. The pilots responded by pulling the plane's nose up to compensate, only to have the MCAS system force the nose back down again.
In effect, they were wrestling with software and hardware inadvertently trying to kill them. It is thought an angle-of-attack sensor passed bad readings to the automatic MCAS, which downed the plane as a result. //
https:/
1 to 19 of 19
