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Old 9th October 2003 | 17:21
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Notso Fantastic
 
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Who is Les Bloxham and are you seeing him socially?

The argument put forward: Bigger aeroplane=bad structurally is complete nonsense. It would presumably follow that bigger ship=less ability to handle large waves, and we know the opposite. What happened to TWA was the tragic consequences of inflight breakup- inferring too much from the FDR recording spurious readings is a mistake. Boeing showed the way with improvements in safety in large aeroplanes for over 30 years now. Behold the next step- the new 'jumbo' for the next 40 years, the A380!
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