Okay, as this air disaster and tragedy is in its infancy stage of investigation reports lean toward an in flight breakup of the aircraft.
Just some clarifications from my earlier posts. Once I asked if turbulence alone can down an aircraft. FlyNavyDiesel replied that this is considered extreme turbulence and incidents have been rare.
However my problem is that I have never heard of turbulence causing structural failure of an aircraft. Could this be a worst case scenario happening of all those who are skeptical of the strength and use of composites-adhesives in airframes?
Regardless, similar to the situation of the AA Airbus Flight that crashed in Queens in 2001 critical structural components are not supposed to "come off."
Finally in regards to the aircraft having flown into thunderheads ... do Air National Guard "StormChaser" C130s ever dare do this? From the pictures I have seen they fly well above a hurricanes cloud ceiling.
Can high speed hail strikes lethally damage an aircraft? Thanks, I am always bothered when sophisticated wide bodies have problems over the ocean (ie Swiss Air, TWA800). This is just not supposed to happen
Just some clarifications from my earlier posts. Once I asked if turbulence alone can down an aircraft. FlyNavyDiesel replied that this is considered extreme turbulence and incidents have been rare.
However my problem is that I have never heard of turbulence causing structural failure of an aircraft. Could this be a worst case scenario happening of all those who are skeptical of the strength and use of composites-adhesives in airframes?
Regardless, similar to the situation of the AA Airbus Flight that crashed in Queens in 2001 critical structural components are not supposed to "come off."
Finally in regards to the aircraft having flown into thunderheads ... do Air National Guard "StormChaser" C130s ever dare do this? From the pictures I have seen they fly well above a hurricanes cloud ceiling.
Can high speed hail strikes lethally damage an aircraft? Thanks, I am always bothered when sophisticated wide bodies have problems over the ocean (ie Swiss Air, TWA800). This is just not supposed to happen
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