Wind shear/microburst. The plane slammed into the runway and the wing hit. The wings have bolts to detach the wings (full of fuel!) if stresses get to great in a particular direction. Looks like the protection worked to perfection!
Wind shear and microbursts are bad enough in a Cessna 172, I imagine it must have caused the pilots to brown their Bermudas...
That plane came in hot and flat, the landing was so hard it collapsed the right landing gear, which dipped the right wing into the ground tearing it off, at that point the wind under the left wing provided the lift to push the plane over. total pilot error. reports were wind was nominal and not a factor. again, pilot error. angels were watching over everyone, even the pilots.
Hi Igor, I used to work on Challengers, the executive jet that was stretched to create the CRJ. I've also toured the factory when I was there for maintenance training. The wing is made in one piece and mated to the fuselage with ten bolts. The wing lower skins are made from 36 foot long 2 inch thick aluminum planks that are machined and chemically milled. The planks are huck-bolted together at the centerline. The wing is internally divided into three tanks, the auxiliary tank is in the center portion. You only add fuel to the aux tank if the wing tanks are full and normal procedure is to transfer fuel from the aux to the L and R tanks during cruise so you land with it empty, with the remaining fuel in the tanks away from the fuselage. The FAA, Transport Canada and other national agencies want the fuel as far from the fuselage as possible for obvious reasons. Al_in_Ottawa
Has to be one of the best memes of the year so far Irish rofl.
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I thought that only happened in Australia.
ReplyDeleteWind shear/microburst. The plane slammed into the runway and the wing hit. The wings have bolts to detach the wings (full of fuel!) if stresses get to great in a particular direction. Looks like the protection worked to perfection!
ReplyDeleteWind shear and microbursts are bad enough in a Cessna 172, I imagine it must have caused the pilots to brown their Bermudas...
That plane came in hot and flat, the landing was so hard it collapsed the right landing gear, which dipped the right wing into the ground tearing it off, at that point the wind under the left wing provided the lift to push the plane over. total pilot error. reports were wind was nominal and not a factor. again, pilot error. angels were watching over everyone, even the pilots.
DeleteAccording to the meme it would match their skin as well
DeleteWind gusts to 35 knots are considered "nominal"?? Get more data, man, your knowledge is lacking at this point.
DeleteHi Igor, I used to work on Challengers, the executive jet that was stretched to create the CRJ. I've also toured the factory when I was there for maintenance training. The wing is made in one piece and mated to the fuselage with ten bolts. The wing lower skins are made from 36 foot long 2 inch thick aluminum planks that are machined and chemically milled. The planks are huck-bolted together at the centerline. The wing is internally divided into three tanks, the auxiliary tank is in the center portion. You only add fuel to the aux tank if the wing tanks are full and normal procedure is to transfer fuel from the aux to the L and R tanks during cruise so you land with it empty, with the remaining fuel in the tanks away from the fuselage. The FAA, Transport Canada and other national agencies want the fuel as far from the fuselage as possible for obvious reasons.
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DEI at its finest...
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