Originally Posted by
WingNut60
Try TACA flight 110.
However, in this case, I can't imagine how you'd injure the crew without damaging the aircraft
Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Seriously? Probably take to the cockpit with a Phillips head screwdriver for bits but that would be about it. Especially a 27 year old 737.
flat head, the LRUs are Dzus mainly...
I think the hint that the other fire bombers were suppressing the fire while the crew escaped might suggest that there won't be a sudden increase in available EADI, EHSIs, FMS CDUs and EIS's etc from the site.
Gonna be interesting to see what plonks a B733LAT into the weeds at a reported approach speed of 101GS. Many birds "thermalling" around the fires of WA these days?
Wouldn't be questioning SOPs until a lot more info comes out, Coulson had a bad day with the Herc, stuff happens in that environment occasionally, even to competent operators.
Boys are fortunate that the industry hasn't yet started using the early years B738 etc, the ones that have the "fold here" ring frames that were bogus manufactured non compliant to the TCDS production data... only about 2000 of those out there. Those are the ones that we have seen zigged zagged after relatively low energy off piste events in the carribean, Indonesia, and other exotic ports of call.