A321 explosion at Mogadishu
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Some more info and pics: AirLive.net: BREAKING Explosion on board an A321 few mins after taking off from Mogadishu
Notice the outward-bent edges around the hole.
Notice the outward-bent edges around the hole.
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At least some material for real bomb damage testing ....
The Airbus seems to have pretty nicely accepted the damage, anyway. Good airframe, nice advertisement in fact for the european aircraft !
Just put a big plug, and it will keep flying in Central Africa for a couple of years.
The Airbus seems to have pretty nicely accepted the damage, anyway. Good airframe, nice advertisement in fact for the european aircraft !
Just put a big plug, and it will keep flying in Central Africa for a couple of years.
There are some interesting photographic comparisons on twitter with a device which exploded on TWA 840 in 1986.
https://twitter.com/Lustucrew/status/694511628738547712
https://twitter.com/Lustucrew/status/694511628738547712
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Daallo Airlines A321 in-flight fire
I've just been sent to this page from a tweet: ASN Aircraft accident 02-FEB-2016 Airbus A321-111 SX-BHS
This seems like a very weird accident (see pictures! can't recall ever seeing anything like this)
Hoping this hasn't been posted elsewhere in this forum yet. Tried various searches before posting.
An Airbus A321-111 operated by Daallo Airlines as flight D3 159 was involved in an occurrence after takeoff from Mogadishu Airport, Somalia. Two passengers are said to have been injured. Somali media report that locals from Dhiiqaley near Bal'ad town are said to have seen a severely burnt body fallen from a plane.
Photos show the A321 with an apparent hole in the fuselage on the right hand side, just behind the R2 door after it returned to Mogadishu.
Photos show the A321 with an apparent hole in the fuselage on the right hand side, just behind the R2 door after it returned to Mogadishu.
Hoping this hasn't been posted elsewhere in this forum yet. Tried various searches before posting.
Echoes of PAL434: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip...nes_Flight_434
...although that device failed to penetrate aircraft skin - was intended to blast downwards into center fuel tank. And was also a low-powered "test" run.
I'm very - careful - about jumping to conclusions - but given the politics of the locale, and the report of a burned body (pure pressure blasts don't burn things, unless steam is involved)....
...although that device failed to penetrate aircraft skin - was intended to blast downwards into center fuel tank. And was also a low-powered "test" run.
I'm very - careful - about jumping to conclusions - but given the politics of the locale, and the report of a burned body (pure pressure blasts don't burn things, unless steam is involved)....
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No obvious blood in the interior shot, some pink discoloration of the outside fuselage from the lower part of the hole. Bomb under the seat, blood and body expelled by depressurization?
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This seems to me to be a test run, done in a low security locale.
From the damage pattern the device was quite close to the skin, but not enough yield to do more damage. Probably it was also triggered too early. If it had been done with a greater cabin pressure difference, it could have possibly caused more damage.
If i were the relevant security services, i would be looking closely at what happened here, and what was used, as the real run may be closer to home.
Pink smear down the outside is clearly trace of an unlucky person (if device planted) or the asshat who was carrying it.
From the damage pattern the device was quite close to the skin, but not enough yield to do more damage. Probably it was also triggered too early. If it had been done with a greater cabin pressure difference, it could have possibly caused more damage.
If i were the relevant security services, i would be looking closely at what happened here, and what was used, as the real run may be closer to home.
Pink smear down the outside is clearly trace of an unlucky person (if device planted) or the asshat who was carrying it.
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Cabin Bomb
I think there was a similar explosion on a fkr 100 somewhere in South America about fifteen years ago. Similar result; big hole, person absent, aircraft landed
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decompression
If it had been done with a greater cabin pressure difference, it could have possibly caused more damage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi1_1l7M8FA
They used a bigger charge than apparently evident here- and more closely focused.