PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash
View Single Post
Old 20th May 2010, 10:47
  #732 (permalink)  
RetiredF4
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Germany
Age: 71
Posts: 776
Received 3 Likes on 1 Post
Volume
For me this looks like a fully inverted nose down impact. Fuselage completely disintegrates, wings (being the most heavy part) slide forward and come to rest at end of debris field (inverted in direction of flight). Due to fuselage desintegration, the tail section flips over 180° and lands VTP up agains flight direction destroying most of the lower forward part but keeping the HTP attached.

Again, and how would the main gear strut come off that early in the szenario above? It is designed to withstand heavy loads. The strut located in the vicinity of the tailsection http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/4...ml#post5699903 is not only seperated from the structure, the lower crossbone supporting the four wheels is separated as well and shows in onother picture bent and brokenhttp://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/4...ml#post5701898 . That kind of damage is most probably asociated with excessive loads on the whole wheel assembly while still attached to the aircraft. The inverted impact does not fit for this kind of damage.

franzl
RetiredF4 is offline