Ukrainian Aircraft down in Iran
However, as our early Posters will revel in the fact - the pebbles/ stones are the same size as the fragmentation holes on the airframe. We must bear in mind that the whole f'ing World is dumbing down to this sh1T.
Post this image? - I want proof it's taken from the same location as the crash site or it's negligible.
Can you provide a source please, credible and checkable.
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Possible scenario:
1. Uncontained engine failure of the right engine (e.g. turbine disc, similar to QF 32). Unlikely for a CFM 56 engine but not impossible.
2. Shrapnel from the engine failure damages airframe, tanks, systems, hydraulics and takes out radio, transponder and electronics.
3. Massive fuel leak (similar to QF32)
4. Hydraulic failures make A/C control difficult, therefore wide, descending right turn
5. Aircraft on fire due to fuel leaks
6. Explosion of damaged fuel tank while the plane descends. Explains further, shrapnel like damage.
The root cause is unlikely for the CFM 56 but not impossible.
The rest is easily possible taking into account the massive damage to the A380 on flight QF32. A little less redundancy (and the A380 has got a lot redundancy compared to a 737) and they would have crashed as well.
1. Uncontained engine failure of the right engine (e.g. turbine disc, similar to QF 32). Unlikely for a CFM 56 engine but not impossible.
2. Shrapnel from the engine failure damages airframe, tanks, systems, hydraulics and takes out radio, transponder and electronics.
3. Massive fuel leak (similar to QF32)
4. Hydraulic failures make A/C control difficult, therefore wide, descending right turn
5. Aircraft on fire due to fuel leaks
6. Explosion of damaged fuel tank while the plane descends. Explains further, shrapnel like damage.
The root cause is unlikely for the CFM 56 but not impossible.
The rest is easily possible taking into account the massive damage to the A380 on flight QF32. A little less redundancy (and the A380 has got a lot redundancy compared to a 737) and they would have crashed as well.
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What, and it's taken the whole day for them to find this... yeah, right...Social Media is not a medium to be trusted...
However, as our early Posters will revel in the fact - the pebbles/ stones are the same size as the fragmentation holes on the airframe. We must bear in mind that the whole f'ing World is dumbing down to this sh1T.
Post this image? - I want proof it's taken from the same location as the crash site or it's bollocks.
However, as our early Posters will revel in the fact - the pebbles/ stones are the same size as the fragmentation holes on the airframe. We must bear in mind that the whole f'ing World is dumbing down to this sh1T.
Post this image? - I want proof it's taken from the same location as the crash site or it's bollocks.
2. The search head would be found where the missile hit - many miles away (if it was a missile) and not at the crash site.
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Possible scenario:
1. Uncontained engine failure of the right engine (e.g. turbine disc, similar to QF 32). Unlikely for a CFM 56 engine but not impossible.
2. Shrapnel from the engine failure damages airframe, tanks, systems, hydraulics and takes out radio, transponder and electronics.
3. Massive fuel leak (similar to QF32)
4. Hydraulic failures make A/C control difficult, therefore wide, descending right turn
5. Aircraft on fire due to fuel leaks
6. Explosion of damaged fuel tank while the plane descends. Explains further, shrapnel like damage.
The root cause is unlikely for the CFM 56 but not impossible.
The rest is easily possible taking into account the massive damage to the A380 on flight QF32. A little less redundancy (and the A380 has got a lot redundancy compared to a 737) and they would have crashed as well.
1. Uncontained engine failure of the right engine (e.g. turbine disc, similar to QF 32). Unlikely for a CFM 56 engine but not impossible.
2. Shrapnel from the engine failure damages airframe, tanks, systems, hydraulics and takes out radio, transponder and electronics.
3. Massive fuel leak (similar to QF32)
4. Hydraulic failures make A/C control difficult, therefore wide, descending right turn
5. Aircraft on fire due to fuel leaks
6. Explosion of damaged fuel tank while the plane descends. Explains further, shrapnel like damage.
The root cause is unlikely for the CFM 56 but not impossible.
The rest is easily possible taking into account the massive damage to the A380 on flight QF32. A little less redundancy (and the A380 has got a lot redundancy compared to a 737) and they would have crashed as well.
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I think it would be wise to avoid making extremely general statements about munitions/weapons that we're not familiar with.
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The social media post and the photos are unconvincing.
Boeing recently said it was revamping engine cowlings on the Neo to better contain engine failures. This comes as a result of NTSB recommendations after the fatal accident on Southwest Airlines about a year ago when an engine fan blade broke off in flight, punctured a cabin window and sucked a passenger partially out the window, causing the first US passenger fatality in more than a decade. Does it seem unreasonable to think that such a failure, or worse, could puncture the wing and fuel tank resulting in something like this crash? The NTSB also recommended regular inspections of the fan blades in the CFM engines used on this aircraft type. I wonder if Ukraine Airline is doing these inspections.
- the fan appears to me to be too far forward to be able to puncture a wing tank;
- the AD's regarding fan blade attachment on the CFM56 engines have been around for so long that there should be a great deal of awareness around about this issue, to the extent that this shouldn't be an issue anymore;
- the two Southwest aircraft which had uncontained engine failures were 10-15 years old, and the present aircraft is only about 3 years old;
- from a statistical point of view since several years there is a huge amount of B737's with these engines around, logging a tremendous amount of flying hours, yet such a catastrophic engine failure has never happened....
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- regarding point 1, how did that (charred) seeker head then end up on the ground in this state?
- regarding point 2, nobody has claimed that if was photographed at the crash site....
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The Search Head would be utterly destroyed; by it's own munitions dispersal pattern. I think this is a Search Head from one of the undetonated rockets that failed on the earlier rocket strikes on USA bases. Nothing to do with the aircraft accident.
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Boeing recently said it was revamping engine cowlings on the Neo to better contain engine failures. This comes as a result of NTSB recommendations after the fatal accident on Southwest Airlines about a year ago when an engine fan blade broke off in flight, punctured a cabin window and sucked a passenger partially out the window, causing the first US passenger fatality in more than a decade. Does it seem unreasonable to think that such a failure, or worse, could puncture the wing and fuel tank resulting in something like this crash? The NTSB also recommended regular inspections of the fan blades in the CFM engines used on this aircraft type. I wonder if Ukraine Airline is doing these inspections.
100% sure UIA did those inspections.
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Observations:
The only 'outward peeling' apparent to me (closest to camera) coincides with a score mark that lines up with the tear in the metal - when i first saw this it looked like something scraped along the surface and ripped the metal up... especially as the 'score' stops at the point the metal would have been if it was still flat against the engine...
Also how does an uncontained engine failure result in debris creating inward facing holes? It is possible these were inflicted on impact, but the same could be said for the tearing mentioned above.
Additionally, an uncontained engine failure could have been the result of external action - so you would have evidence of both outward in and inward out.
The only 'outward peeling' apparent to me (closest to camera) coincides with a score mark that lines up with the tear in the metal - when i first saw this it looked like something scraped along the surface and ripped the metal up... especially as the 'score' stops at the point the metal would have been if it was still flat against the engine...
Also how does an uncontained engine failure result in debris creating inward facing holes? It is possible these were inflicted on impact, but the same could be said for the tearing mentioned above.
Additionally, an uncontained engine failure could have been the result of external action - so you would have evidence of both outward in and inward out.
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But agreed, no evidence is there to show a link in time and location to the Tehran crash site. The picture could be from anywhere and anytime.
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