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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Aug 2016, 18:14
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

In the below picture despite the favorable cross...

In the below picture despite the favorable cross wind from the left, the soot goes right up to the corner of the TE Flap cutout in the wing and the entire Flap appears to be trashed. That is all...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2016, 15:22
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

An Answer

The short and simple answer is to teach aircrews tactical or combat breathing techniques. Tactical Breathing Can Stop Stress on the Spot | On Resilience...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2016, 02:41
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

In my personal opinion, this was clearly an...

In my personal opinion, this was clearly an evacuate situation at the moment the aircraft came to a stop. My past military training and actual experience in shipboard aircraft fire fighting lead me...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2016, 21:37
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

I have to agree that the crew did not suspect a...

I have to agree that the crew did not suspect a fuel leak. That was the reason they were (apparently) blind sided by the fire.

However, a little forward thinking, using a clue that was not on...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Aug 2016, 21:50
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

But then we have the question of how did all that...

But then we have the question of how did all that fuel manage to infiltrate the wing structure? Vents and breathers are usually designed to cleanly separate draining fluids and vapors from the...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jul 2016, 17:54
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

Thanks for that Tinny. I'm reading the whitish...

Thanks for that Tinny. I'm reading the whitish surface as burnt paint, so that would indicate a multi surface component that does not have fuel in direct contact with the external surface at that...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2016, 18:30
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

Heat Transfer

While we are waiting for some factual news from the Singapore investigation, would anyone else like to comment on the significance of the three, now Whitish color, hand hole access plates on the...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jul 2016, 17:50
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

Considering that it appears to be nearly black...

Considering that it appears to be nearly black outside during the landing, the glare from the fire bouncing off the terrain and through the cockpit windows must have given the scope of the fire away...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2016, 23:17
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

I was thinking that a little careful flashlight...

I was thinking that a little careful flashlight work on the starboard engine as suggested by the bad oil quantity indication, oil pressure indications and rough engine indications plus fuel fumes...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2016, 19:50
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

You can bet that being blind sided by this fire...

You can bet that being blind sided by this fire after a successful but tiring night mission abort and successful landing counted for at least 30 seconds of delay in recognition of the fire. Then...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jul 2016, 06:04
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

Going back to comments made by a passenger on a...

Going back to comments made by a passenger on a link in the OP, they were smelling fuel fumes in the cabin during the flight.
For those who are regularly around aircraft, ask yourself, What would...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jun 2016, 02:46
Replies: 866
Views: 507,048
Posted By Machinbird

Must have been much more than an oil leak. They...

Must have been much more than an oil leak. They were smelling fuel in the cabin.
It appears that the starboard wing was burning along its entire span because it had been fuel soaked up the...
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