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Hello,
I don't know if it's not worth discussing or everybody missed this one?
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20040415X00469&key=1
I would have thought that missing 40% of elevators prevents normal cruise?!
Derf1
23rd Apr 2004, 01:47
Pictures of the Damage:
http://fromtheflightdeck.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/files/thumbs/t_apr12400.jpg
http://fromtheflightdeck.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/files/thumbs/t_apr12402.jpg
http://fromtheflightdeck.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/files/thumbs/t_apr12403.jpg
MidnightSpecial
23rd Apr 2004, 04:43
Hi, the report says 40% of the right inboard elevator was destroyed. So they still had 60% of it remaining, plus the left inboard, plus the outboard elevators, plus the horizontal stabilizer.
What was left of the right inboard elevator was powered by two separate hydraulic systems, #1 and #3. A combination of all three systems powered the left inboard, the outboard elevators, and the horizontal stabilizer.
What a plane :ok:
MS
BoeingMEL
23rd Apr 2004, 10:30
Yep....... unless you're ploughing through the Ermenonville forest outside Paris after an explosive decompression..... or landing at Sioux City with the tail-feathers severed........bm
HotDog
23rd Apr 2004, 11:29
God, get over it Boeing MEL! The DC10 is a great airplane. There have been many Boeing disasters as well but unbiased people don't harp on it.:rolleyes:
Engineer
25th Apr 2004, 00:04
BoeingMEL have you flown the DC10?
maxalt
25th Apr 2004, 00:43
...and engines falling off, as in Chicago....
Engineer
25th Apr 2004, 01:26
and 747 rear bulkhead failing out of Japan
turbynetrip
25th Apr 2004, 08:02
Engineer, JAL 747 rear bulkhead failure was due to an improperly performed (by Boeing) repair, not a design defect.
As was the ORD engine pylon, Maxalt...MX used an unapproved procedure during an engine change that cracked it...trying to save time and $$, with the usual results from such practices.
Perhaps a better word for the -10 is 'unlucky'... but those that fly it seem to like it well enough. Like any other DC-plane it's well put together, IMHO. I'd fly one any time.
TT