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Forum: Rumours & News

15th Mar 2014, 17:53

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By b00bsmith

tip of northern arc = kunming

has anyone mentioned on here yet that the tip of the northern sat arc (or "corridor") happens to be really close to kunming, where fundamentalist separatists/extremists attacked a railway station...

Forum: Rumours & News

4th Nov 2010, 16:42

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Qantas A380 uncontained #2 engine failure

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Posted By b00bsmith

"As also indicated above the 'fail safe'...

"As also indicated above the 'fail safe' condition for loss of signal to the engine control is to continue at last demanded power, it is obviously not a satisfactory condition if a single event can...

Forum: Rumours & News

4th Nov 2010, 16:37

Replies: 1,964

Qantas A380 uncontained #2 engine failure

Views: 1,338,812

Posted By b00bsmith

1toGo - A380 is grounded by Quantus due to...

1toGo -

A380 is grounded by Quantus due to one uncontained engine failure so why was the B777 fleet allowed to continue to fly (ETOPS et all) after the BA B777 dual engine failure resulting in a...

Forum: Rumours & News

4th Nov 2010, 16:08

Replies: 1,964

Qantas A380 uncontained #2 engine failure

Views: 1,338,812

Posted By b00bsmith

surge due to bad controls design

given the charred cowl forward of the (most definitely uncontained) turbine failure, it's possible that this was an uncontrolled surge, followed by a disc failure due to overspeed.

modern jet...

Forum: Rumours & News

1st Jul 2009, 18:54

Replies: 298

Yemeni airliner down?

Views: 167,937

Posted By b00bsmith

are you referring the false positive that turned...

are you referring the false positive that turned out to be the distress beacon?

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