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05-27-2008 05:49 AM ET (US)
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| Dave Christenson
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08-28-2003 11:43 AM ET (US)
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08-28-2003 09:10 AM ET (US)
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| cypherfunk
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08-28-2003 08:34 AM ET (US)
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I wonder what the registration number was... Considering that it's under a year old, it will most likely be patched up and put into service gain.
Back in the day, I used to get my jollies reading the aviation safety rags for the various services instead of doing my math homework. Some truely wild stories that pilots have to write after trashing multi-million dollar aircraft due to flying into/around/near thunder storms. I particularly like the one about the pilot who ejected in a thunderstorm... several hours later he made it to the ground alive.
Thunderstorms are simply not to be fscked with... I'm surprise the pilot was vectored into this storm.
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| john
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08-27-2003 05:49 PM ET (US)
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wow, its amazing what microsoft services can do to a plane...
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| RickF
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08-26-2003 11:25 PM ET (US)
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That ain't nothing. Ever tried to clean gunk out from the undercarriage of an X-wing? It's almost impossible to get it going again.
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| Andrew Jones
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08-26-2003 09:56 PM ET (US)
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The leading edge of some of those control surfaces are truely beaten up - makes me wonder how much control the pilots feel they'd lost.
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08-26-2003 09:44 PM ET (US)
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smooth said it well
strangely comforting....
this was a airliner under a year old, $150 million dollars worth - hope they paid the premiums.....
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| Smooth
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08-26-2003 08:38 PM ET (US)
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Those pictures are strangely comforting. If an airplane can take that kind of abuse and still land safely, they are really a lot stronger than I thought. In my life, I've heard of bolts breaking and engines falling off, tails tearing off, etc. but all of those conditions are usually caused by poor maintenance. A properly maintained airplane can apparently handle a lot of abuse.
I imagine that the wind loads on the wings during the storm might have been a bigger threat than the hailstones. But who knows?
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| Chris Tucker
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08-26-2003 08:20 PM ET (US)
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Eli, those engines were spewing shaved ice.
They're a lot tougher than you mght imagine.
I recall seeing slow motion film of chickens hitting the front blades of the Boeing 777 engines.
Sliced 'em up better than the counterman at the local deli.
Hailstones are an expected hazard for jet engines like this. The blades are moving a hell of a lot faster than the hailstones. The blades did far more damage to the stones than vice versa.
But still and all, the pucker factor on the flight deck had to be off the scale when the co-pilot wind screen cracked.
What's Swiss for "OHSHIT!OHSHIT!OHSHIT!OHSHIT!OHSHIT!OHSHIT!"?
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| Dutch
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08-26-2003 08:07 PM ET (US)
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Damn gremlins.
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| plugh
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08-26-2003 07:47 PM ET (US)
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I remember reading about this when it happened. Apparently (and amazingly) none were aspirated by the engines.
The crack in the pilot's windshield definitely gives one pause.
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| Eli the Bearded
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08-26-2003 07:08 PM ET (US)
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You have to wonder what happened to the turbine blades inside
the engines, too.
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08-26-2003 06:41 PM ET (US)
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Those pictures aren't going to sell many airline tickets!
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