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Boeing jet loses parts of the wing in flight!

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tggzzz:

--- Quote from: tom66 on March 07, 2024, 12:43:29 pm ---And of course, this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_shootdown_incident

Total loss of hydraulic control, aircraft landed more or less intact with a hole in the wing (they went off the edge of the runway due to a slight loss of control at the end, but it's close enough!)

But, that said, I suspect if you combined hydraulic loss with a significant change to the aircraft's handling/aerodynamics, it's a goner, no matter how skilled your pilots are. Especially because any wing structure failure is likely to lead to loss of an engine or at least the control of that engine.

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That's a new one to me.

This is fairly well known:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a27584/b-52-landed-without-a-tail-fin/

MT:
There have been several B52 incidents later discovered due to bad engineering like the fin loss so they changed the fuselage design.

RJSV:
   Sincerely, in 'most' countries that would be called what it is;   Wing disintegration.   But still, I could somehow image myself, as Cabin Attendant in, say, Latvia, literally SHRUGGING IT OFF, while glancing briefly out the cabin window.
   "A little flap damage, not getting worse...WING is OK.".       And the plane takes off, on next leg of journey.   

   Not good, obviously, but that kind of moronic state of relaxation does happen, shockingly.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: RJSV on March 08, 2024, 12:47:24 am ---   Sincerely, in 'most' countries that would be called what it is;   Wing disintegration.   But still, I could somehow image myself, as Cabin Attendant in, say, Latvia, literally SHRUGGING IT OFF, while glancing briefly out the cabin window.
   "A little flap damage, not getting worse...WING is OK.".       And the plane takes off, on next leg of journey.   

   Not good, obviously, but that kind of moronic state of relaxation does happen, shockingly.

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The last thing you want is a cabin attendant freaking out "OMG, we're all going to die".

I have known a club where they had to jump-start their powered aircraft at the end of the from a car. Not unreasonably, a response was shrugged shoulders and "it is only the engine; what's the problem?".

It was a gliding club, so engine failures and forced landings were normal. If you couldn't handle them you wouldn't go solo.

tooki:

--- Quote from: RJSV on March 08, 2024, 12:47:24 am ---   Sincerely, in 'most' countries that would be called what it is;   Wing disintegration.   But still, I could somehow image myself, as Cabin Attendant in, say, Latvia, literally SHRUGGING IT OFF, while glancing briefly out the cabin window.
   "A little flap damage, not getting worse...WING is OK.".       And the plane takes off, on next leg of journey.   

   Not good, obviously, but that kind of moronic state of relaxation does happen, shockingly.

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Why rag on Latvia, which was one of the technical focal points of the USSR, and is a modern, reasonably prosperous country today. On the Human Development Index, Latvia is closer to the USA than USA is to the #1 ranked country (Switzerland)…

(Disclaimer: my last boyfriend was Latvian!)

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