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Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jul 2008, 13:09
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Or in one case where the shut-off valve was...

Or in one case where the shut-off valve was jammed and a chap tried to release the oxygen pressure by loosening the valve stem with an adjustable spanner, the blast was powerful enough to break the...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jul 2008, 08:09
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

The valve assembly going up and the bottle...

The valve assembly going up and the bottle ejecting down are one plausible explanation for some of the damage signature, but the bottle is mounted vertically between two frames; a section of each of...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2008, 22:08
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Exactly! A baffling unique event. Try as I...

Exactly! A baffling unique event.

Try as I might, I haven't been able to find a single other instance of an aircraft oxygen cylinder bursting in flight, other then as combat damage in military...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2008, 10:52
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Interesting Media Release. No mention of exploded...

Interesting Media Release. No mention of exploded aircraft oxygen cylinders or shrapnel in the aircraft cabin, only that they are examining the oxygen systems and they have retained some components...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jul 2008, 11:10
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

There you go. The facts are slowly unwinding......

There you go. The facts are slowly unwinding... ;)

Now all we need to know is what initiated the first ever recorded occurrence of an aircraft oxygen cylinder exploding in flight. I'm jiggered if...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2008, 22:23
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

I still think that an oxygen bottle explosion in...

I still think that an oxygen bottle explosion in that location would result in the blast destroying the floor in the vestibule of No. 2 Door Right, with the top of the bottle coming to rest somewhere...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2008, 17:34
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

It was alleged, but we don't see any in the...

It was alleged, but we don't see any in the photograph, despite that wall of luggage stuffing up the hole. One would expect at least some shrapnel stuck in the baggage.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2008, 17:06
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

There seems to be a lot of pre-supposition that...

There seems to be a lot of pre-supposition that an oxygen bottle exploded, when the only fact we have is that one is merely missing.

Gas tank explosions are exceedingly rare and as far as I can...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 20:01
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Oxygen systems are designed in the way you...

Oxygen systems are designed in the way you suggest Dairyground. The bottles are lifed and also subjected to regular inspections, being removed from the aircraft and subjected to non-destructive...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 12:01
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Nothing. Why quote out of context? Or did you...

Nothing. Why quote out of context? Or did you stop reading at the end of the opening sentence? You may wish to read post 263 as well.

I am simply saying there is too much dramatisation of this...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 08:56
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

The horizontal oxygen bottles are mounted at...

The horizontal oxygen bottles are mounted at cargo bay ceiling level, above the fire containment linings and about three feet higher than that hole.
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 07:37
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Simple or complex Capt Kremin, over-dramatisation...

Simple or complex Capt Kremin, over-dramatisation of airline events does not serve our industry well. As an engineer I prefer to take a more detached view and focus on the real issue, which in this...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 07:01
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Hmm, all these hats being taken off to the crew...

Hmm, all these hats being taken off to the crew for a wonderful job?

Decompression. PNF opens the QRH and begins droning through the SOP that they've rehearsed so often they could do it in their...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2008, 22:55
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

Au contraire. I think you must mean that Concorde...

Au contraire. I think you must mean that Concorde was significantly less safe than other models, which is not quite the same thing. If it were dangerous it would not have received a Type Certificate...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2008, 20:23
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,392
Posted By Blacksheep

A nice walk through the visible damage enchrisg...

A nice walk through the visible damage enchrisg but who did the structural repair that the photo suggests was done earlier? :suspect:

...and was it carried out strictly according to the repair...
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