facthunter Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The front part of the ALOHA plane, (737 Convertible) was lucky not to fail completely in download, when it was still flying. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchroll Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Strong floor beams & longerons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 From memory they have a fairly big central Keel Beam between the main gear wheel wells. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Lucky the departing structures didn't do massive damage to the tail surfaces! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Lucky the departing structures didn't do massive damage to the tail surfaces! Yes, only an African jihadi shaped hole in the fuselage. Should patch up just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Or the United Airlines B747 flying between Honolulu and Auckland, when a cargo door burst open ripping out part of the fuselage. I think this was one of the main drivers to make all cargo doors open inwards from then onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I think this was one of the main drivers to make all cargo doors open inwards from then onwards The problem with inwards opening doors is that they intrude on your cargo space.....the bigger the door, the bigger the intrusion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The door had been giving trouble. I think they used a fork lift to force it closed. Not recommended procedure. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchroll Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The United 811 door loss which was pictured was actually traced to an electrical fault (short circuit) in the door locking system which drove the latches towards unlocked after the aircraft departed. The eventual recovery of the door from the ocean bed several years later allowed them to determine this. Also a couple of years after this accident there was an incident on the tarmac with another United B747 where engineers were trying to trace an electrical fault in the cargo door and it spontaneously opened. Boeing had to redesign all B747 cargo door locking mechanisms after this accident. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Couple of DC10 cargo doors blew off as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The floor distorting had something to do with that PLUS you could force the lever and the indicators would show closed, but the mechanism( latches,) that held the door closed, hadn't quite got there. Pilots liked flying the DC 10, but it had a few problems. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Somali plane bomber handed laptop - CCTV video. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30772688/cctv-reveals-moment-somali-plane-bomb-was-handed-to-bomber-hidden-in-laptop/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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