It's nice to see we made Wikipedia (sorry Ed)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdisaster.com

Anyone fancy writing an update?

You would think with 1) a walking, talking crew 2) CVR and FDR data out the yin yang and 3) an intact (by accident investigation standards) airframe sitting in their backyard, it shouldn't take AAIB too long to figure this one out.

Which probably means we can rule out all the obvious things.

Very true David. The AAIB always likes to be very sure of events before reporting, it's in the nature of their work. Like yourself I have also seen an awful lot on a number of sites, but I think if the amounts of contamination were present as recorded then they would have had their "eureka"...

Well I was expecting you to join me ASAP as a mod.
Good to see you got in.

I'm still not convinced about contamination. It's very easy to see, would tend to congregate in the lower parts of the fuel system (sumps and filter houses) and again, both engines affected to almost the same level at the same time. It's a stretch. Certainly all fair points, Robert. What do you thi...

Going to be acid here: do you suppose an entire fleet of 737 to be modified because of ONE single occurance?

It's not always about it just being a single occurance. Other factors play a role, life-threatening situation, chance of a repeat or the actual integrity of original design.

Further to the 737 accident.
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publi ... 502609.cfm
There is an awful lot to read.

I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but I know enough to be able to guess that it's virtually impossible to protect aircraft tanks against any objects hitting them with enough energy/speed. Of course the fueltanks could be armoured and they would withstand these kinds of impact, but then that armour'...

It doesn't sound like the same problem. These are very complicated, rather old airframes, a fair number of things can go wrong enough to bring a ship down.

I'm still not convinced about contamination. It's very easy to see, would tend to congregate in the lower parts of the fuel system (sumps and filter houses) and again, both engines affected to almost the same level at the same time. It's a stretch.

That really is show and tell.

Ich bin Berliner.

Actually, that means "I am a cream filled doughnut"

Frank M. said in his opening text this is no Kindergarten, Halfie...

PS: Pipe is 13, we know that already, I'm 6. And now is Carnival.

Indeed, it is carnaval (Dutch spelling) so it's show time.

That works for me.

Good to see everyone got out.

If I remember correctly, (I'll wade through a few sites later) on the 737 the combustion chamber failed causing flame and hot gas to blow through the casing. That is what punctured the tank. All the engines were NDT'd afterwards using a gamma process to photograph the insides with little dismantling...

I wonder if HB will run a book on which of the admin first say "get f*ck off my forum"

Stenographers are working on the backup as we speak.