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Old 03-25-2014, 04:48 PM
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SyGunson
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Originally Posted by MEMA300 View Post
If the aircraft had a fire like the EgyptAir 777 and killed the crew it would not fly on for hours or hours. At least I do not think the aircraft would stay together for that long. At some point when you get a whole in the nose of the aircraft with all the drag it either becomes aerodynamically unstable or begins to slowly break apart.


You mean it would break apart after explosive decompression like those of United Airlines B771, flight 811 in 1989, or like Aloha Airlines B732, Flight 243 in 1988?



I recall American Airlines flight 96 (Windsor incident) when a DC-10 lost its rear cargo door and structural falure in the rear fuselage and continued to fly to a safe landing

Also the British Airways BAC-111, Flt 5390 in 1990, in which the the cockpit windscreen blew out and the captain was sucked out?

How about the TAM Airlines Fokker 100 in 2001, when cabin was punctured by shrapnel from an uncontained engine failure?

Please can you provide conclusive proof that an airliner will not continue to fly after structural failure?
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