Boeing 777 Saudi Airlines plane lands with damaged wing..old news?
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Boeing 777 Saudi Airlines plane lands with damaged wing..old news?
Excuse me if this has already been covered somewhere but i've just come accross this video of a Saudi 777 with an apparantly damaged wing and leaking hydraulic fluid:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=70d_1205377058
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=70d_1205377058
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Happened a few days ago - great footage.
Appears to be a debonding issue between flap drive hardware and composite structures. Boeing & the NTSB are on their way down. To establish the facts, blur responsibility and protect US business interests.
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Appears to be a debonding issue between flap drive hardware and composite structures. Boeing & the NTSB are on their way down. To establish the facts, blur responsibility and protect US business interests.
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As far as I can see from available information and flight data, this incident most likely concerned SV1020 from Jeddah to Riyadh on March 10th 2008. The B777-200 was taken out of service and the remaining sectors of the day flown with a B747-300.
The author of the video wrote, that the hole appeared about 900 meters above ground with a loud bang.
The video is available on youtube, too, where the author has left the more detailed description of the incident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJEwBXXbr8
Servus, Simon
The author of the video wrote, that the hole appeared about 900 meters above ground with a loud bang.
The video is available on youtube, too, where the author has left the more detailed description of the incident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJEwBXXbr8
Servus, Simon
Since the problem appeared 'at about 900m with a loud bang', it's a fair bet that part of the main gear cross bracing suffered a failure and was forced upwards through the rear wing structure. In the video the flaperon/flap and spoiler operation appears normal, although there is obviously some hydraulic line fracture and/or leakage. Maybe the flight was lucky not to have had a gear collapse on touchdown.
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No, the single panel is extended throughout the entire video. Look towards the top of the video....
Spoiler #9 is already up when the video starts, and at touchdown (00:16) spoilers #7 and #11 pop up.
At 00:50 #7 and #11 are stowed, leaving the single #9 still extended...
Spoilers #8, #10, and #12 remain stowed throughout the entire video...
Spoiler #9 is already up when the video starts, and at touchdown (00:16) spoilers #7 and #11 pop up.
At 00:50 #7 and #11 are stowed, leaving the single #9 still extended...
Spoilers #8, #10, and #12 remain stowed throughout the entire video...
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I wonder why this incident has been pulled from Flight International / flightglobal.com? In my IE history I find http://http://www.flightglobal.com/a...268/video.html and http://http://www.flightglobal.com/a...fers-wing.html but when I visit flightglobal 4 hours after I saw these articles I find nix. Advertiser got the hump did he?
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Tallbloke, you've got two lots of http:// in those URLs, if you click on these two they should work for you.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...268/video.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...fers-wing.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...268/video.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...fers-wing.html