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Old 14th Jun 2009, 15:04
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Baron rouge
 
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Aircraft ruptured in flight ?

From brazilian journos recovered bodies were found naked and with numerous skull and limbs fractures .
That scheme recalls exactly G-ALYP accident back in 1954. Flight BOAC 781, a de havilland comet broke up in mid air due to explosive decompression.

Here is a link to that accident. : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Fligh ... disaster-1
In order to find more evidence concerning the cause of the crash, the bodies were brought to the coroner for autopsy. During the examination, the pathologist Antoni Fornari discovered a distinct pattern of injuries, which were also identified as the cause of death, in most of the victims. Fornari found broken limbs and damaged limbs, which occurred after death. These injuries consisted of fractured skulls and ruptured and otherwise damaged lungs. Fornari found no evidence of an explosion, and he felt confused by the pattern of injuries.
The ruptured lungs were a sure indicator that the air cabin depressurised because the sudden decrease in pressure would cause the lungs to expand until they rupture. In order to support the theory and also to confirm the cause of the skull fractures, the crash was simulated at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, using the same conditions of the actual plane prior to crash. To do this experiment, a model fuselage was constructed similar to that of the Comet.
Dummies were also seated within the fuselage to simulate possible movements of passengers during the crash. To simulate the crash, the investigators deliberately ruptured the model by increasing the air pressure within it until it exploded. The movement of the dummies within the air cabin at the moment of explosion was conclusive of skull fracture as they were thrown out of their seats and slammed head-first into the ceiling.
Wreckage of the aircraft was eventually found on the sea floor and subsequently raised and transported to the Royal Aircraft Establishment for investigation. Upon examination of the wreckage it became obvious that the aircraft had broken up in mid-air, and initially it was thought that the aircraft might have been brought down by a bomb. Suspicion then shifted to the possibility of an engine turbine explosion and modifications were put in hand to encase the turbine ring in other Comets with armour plate, to contain a possible disintegrating turbine disk.
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