'failure of a cargo door in the loss of a Boeing 747-200'
Hello? This is the first time ever that anyone has said that cargo door 'failed.' Where did that come from? ASC? AVWeek? Not me who has been saying check out that cargo door all along. It looks like somebody checked it out and it 'failed.' Fatigue related? Is that like old wiring gets tired and shorts? Just joking. The prejudgment is in so far and the answer for CI 611 is a one off problem caused by bad mantenance years ago. It's not an industry wide problem of faulty wiring. Too bad about Swiss Air 111, another one off anomaly and United Airlines Flight 811 and I say, Air India Flight 182 and Pan American World Airways Flight 103 and Trans World Airlines Flight 800.
At least ASC or whoever said the cargo door failed, for Trans World Airlines Flight 800 it was damaged on 'water impact', for Pan American World Airways Flight 103 there is silence, and for Air India Flight 182 it was for a 'cause yet to be determined.' The photos for all show the obvious inflight rupturing and shattering and the wreckage debris fields show the scattering of the pieces of the cargo door indicating the inflight disintegration.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2003 7:54 AM
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