Hi everyone,
looking at the wreakage of the Tu 154 crashed last week, after torn apart by an explosion in more than 30.000 feet, I wounder about differences between ´western´ and ´eastern´ structural design.
Have you ever seen the wreakage of a ´western´ airplane beeing in such big pieces after a severe crash ?
The flaps and slats are still attached to the wing, both wings are still joined together, most of the fairings are still present.
It was very impressive to see the differences for the south german/swiss midair last year, while the Tupolev wreakage consisted of large parts (front fuselage, tail section, wing ...) mainly beeing in one piece, the Boeing wreakage consisted of pices smaller than 1 meter, totally torn apart.
Is there a difference is structural design ? Are the Russians using more ductile materials ? Are they building much stronger ? Do they use different type of fasteners ?