SQ A380 Returns To LHR
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From: what U.S. calls Žold EuropeŽ
electrical glitches are fairly common in the first couple of years of service
electrical glitches are more common in the last couple of years of service
...like slide rules, carbon paper and vinyl records...
The Reverend
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From: Sydney,NSW,Australia
This incident does seem weirdly covered up. "The passengers were in no danger." Nonsense, they blew 8 tires on landing! That's danger!
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ventus2cxt:
They have my sympathy.
As soon as the Xerox machine appeared in the U.S. in the early 1960s, carbon paper was discontinued at offices of any size; i.e., the typewriter outlasted carbon paper by several decades here.
For your info carbon paper is still widely used in India.
As soon as the Xerox machine appeared in the U.S. in the early 1960s, carbon paper was discontinued at offices of any size; i.e., the typewriter outlasted carbon paper by several decades here.
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From: UK
It blew 6 fuse plugs, someone tell where the energy from the brake packs is supposed to go when you land at a weight of approx. 400000kgs!
Airbus must have designed the A380 with the penalty in mind of melting a few wheels of an overweight landing, Hence leaving a couple of boogies without brake packs.
Maybe the extra packs would have adsorbed more of the energy, who knows?
Airbus must have designed the A380 with the penalty in mind of melting a few wheels of an overweight landing, Hence leaving a couple of boogies without brake packs.
Maybe the extra packs would have adsorbed more of the energy, who knows?
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From: UK
Hi Beeline,
The fuse plugs probably blew after the aircraft had stopped. It takes time for the heat energy to be absorbed into the tyres as this video of 747 RTO demonstration shows:
New jumbo jet performs ultimate aborted takeoff | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
The fuse plugs probably blew after the aircraft had stopped. It takes time for the heat energy to be absorbed into the tyres as this video of 747 RTO demonstration shows:
New jumbo jet performs ultimate aborted takeoff | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
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From: UK
When I say blew, thats me dramatising, deflating is the more mundane operative word lol!
If the aircraft had more brake packs then the energy would have distributed across the ship, thus less heat into the wheels that deflated maybe saving a few.
I know the guys chasing around looking for wheels for it the other day! Certainly the whole LHR stock is diminished!
If the aircraft had more brake packs then the energy would have distributed across the ship, thus less heat into the wheels that deflated maybe saving a few.
I know the guys chasing around looking for wheels for it the other day! Certainly the whole LHR stock is diminished!
