Wisherif1 says
"This phenomena is illustrated by the TWA 800 accident. The Boeing 747, another high mass structure, was struck, broadside, by aircraft wake turbulence, and started to break up eight seconds prior to the explosion of the fuel tank! Both cockpit clocks stopped eight seconds after the National Safety Boards's, "End of Data Line", on the FDR Chart. (A 13.5 foot section of the aircraft's keel beam fell out of the aircraft, before the explosion, into the initial debris area.) There was no evidence of fire or explosive damage to any of the many items found in the initial debris area!"
Is this an urban rumour/myth or actual fact?
Does this mean any 747 subjected to the same turbulence will break up in the same way?
Somehow I am reminded of the eminent Victorian Physicist who predicted that passengers would die if they travelled at any speed faster than 30 miles per hour in a train!
B J
" Communication with an engineer is only slightly more difficult than communication with the dead "