Lem,
Your statement,
"Now not only did wake turbulence destroy the AA Airbus at NY (the one which lost its tail because the copilot kicked the rudder insanely), but also destroyed TWA800!"
Not only did the copilot not kick the rudders insanely, or otherwise, but he did not have any rudder available to assist the full right aileron input, in the recovery attempt!
At some point the 0.3, 0.4 and the 0.8 g forces severed the linkages to the rudder actuators. The rudder was free floating and indicating the rapid and reversing forces striking, not only the rudder, but also the large vertical stabilizer, TURNING IT INTO THE LARGEST FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE ON THE AIRCRAFT! This large surface, when struck broadside by the wind shear in turbulence, initiated an abrupt left bank into a, "Dutch Roll Maneuver"
Yes it is true TWA 800 was the victim of aircraft wake turbulence.
Why do you think the NTSB removed essential evidence from the FDR Chart, in their coverup?
747FOCAL,
Your statement,
"Lets get this straight..... Other than causing an aircraft to bounce all over the place and be harder to control, WAKE TURBULENTS will NOT cause a commercial sized aircraft to break up."
I hate to disillusion you, but you are not correct.
First see previous reply to Lem, above.
There are a number of cases where the wake turbulence has affected the flight instruments and the pilot has reacted, inadvertantly and put the aircraftt into a vertical dive and the aircraft has come apart in the air. The wake did not cause the breakup however.
In the TWA 800 accident, an aircraft wake turbulence encounter did cause the breakup of the aircraft, prior to the fuel tank explosion! The NTSB attempted to cover up the true cause of the accident by removing essential evidence from the FDR Chart.
Last edited by wsherif1; 10th September 2003 at 05:25.