A320 Troubles, Latest News
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:02 pm
THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL A320 DISASTER!!!!!
The attached video (link is probably short-lived) shows an A-320 being lifted and dropped from about 60 feet in India or some other foreign place I know nothing about.
It was being moved to be used as some sort of ground-training aircraft.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/crane-co ... V4KklYOkqV
Of course, there is much ironing to be covered.
Ironingly, it was probably a steel cable that broke.
Not-so ironingly is my new ongoing painful assertion that "wow, these cheap composite crackerbox airframes actually seem to hold up a bit better in crashes...as long as the control surfaces don't break off or they aren't stalled for thousands of feet.
No doubt cowboy disregard to procedure is involved here- as well as third world safety cultures.
So, wow, what do you do at that low of an attitude. A stall, but 0 airspeed...would you lower the nose or pull up relentlessly?
Does anyone have a no-hire list for crane operators?
Luckily, no one did died (except for probably the plane).
It's sad that we have A320's now wearing out and being retired...too bad those total idiots at boing (Sorry Brad & Verbie) didn't come out with the 757NG or whatever the JP bunch say it should be called.
The attached video (link is probably short-lived) shows an A-320 being lifted and dropped from about 60 feet in India or some other foreign place I know nothing about.
It was being moved to be used as some sort of ground-training aircraft.
http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/crane-co ... V4KklYOkqV
Of course, there is much ironing to be covered.
Ironingly, it was probably a steel cable that broke.
Not-so ironingly is my new ongoing painful assertion that "wow, these cheap composite crackerbox airframes actually seem to hold up a bit better in crashes...as long as the control surfaces don't break off or they aren't stalled for thousands of feet.
No doubt cowboy disregard to procedure is involved here- as well as third world safety cultures.
So, wow, what do you do at that low of an attitude. A stall, but 0 airspeed...would you lower the nose or pull up relentlessly?
Does anyone have a no-hire list for crane operators?
Luckily, no one did died (except for probably the plane).
It's sad that we have A320's now wearing out and being retired...too bad those total idiots at boing (Sorry Brad & Verbie) didn't come out with the 757NG or whatever the JP bunch say it should be called.