Catastrophic Engine Failure

[Ski at 1SKY6]

A British Airways pilot in Las Vegas blames catastrophic engine failure for a fire that required the deployment of emergency slides after aborting takeoff. I think British Airways uses Boeing aircrafts and this is troubling coupled with the mysterious fires that grounded their new Dreamliners

[Maggot]

I don't trust those super big planes, they remind me of the Hindenburg.

[Ski at 1SKY6]

When I see how they are constructed and how thin the skin is that encloses the cabin it makes me wonder how 767s could penetrate the World Trade Towers so completely, but then I have heard about typewriter paper propelled by hurricane winds imbedded in a tree trunk.

[sally]

I don't trust any of them. The last flight I was on the pilot says on the intercom before take off "sorry folks it's going to be a few more minutes, we're doing a quick safety check as it seems some of the paint on the engine is chipped off and the engine is somewhat important". Thanks for informing us of that, now the next 3 hours are going to be the longest fucking three hours of my life while thinking the plane is going to go down over some chipped paint.

[Ski at 1SKY6]

I was on a flight that aborted upon takeoff. One engine of the two engine plane crapped out and we decelerated and safely returned to the terminal. I will be flying to NJ soon to take my sister in for her surgery and I always keep my fingers crossed that something doesn't go wrong. I am cautioned by the Airbus being made of so much composite materials; also the pilot doesn't have the final say to over ride the computer in an emergency. Boeing has exploding batteries with the potential of causing catastrophic fires; and I totally avoid the L1011 craft due to the extreme maintainance the elevators and worm gears require in order to keep the tail functioning safely.

If you remember a new Airbus crashed in New York 2 weeks after 911 because it's composite tail broke off during a routine takeoff.

Maybe I should drive instead.

[Ski at 1SKY6]

Here is another potential catastophy. I am surprised the crew could recover because Airbus onboard computers do not afford the latitude for the crew to intervene like the Boeing Aircraft protocols.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2005...tionalnews


When Flight 961 literally began to fall apart at 35,000 feet, it increased fears of a fatal design flaw in the world's most popular passenger jet.

At 35,000 feet above the Caribbean, Air Transat flight 961 was heading home to Quebec with 270 passengers and crew. At 3.45 pm last Sunday, the pilot noticed something very unusual. His Airbus A310's rudder - a structure 28 feet high - had fallen off and tumbled into the sea. In the world of aviation, the shock waves have yet to subside.

[Midwest Spy]

The L1011 hasn't been used commercially for eons.

[Jimbone]

I remember flying on them as a kid. Back when they still served meals in all cabins... people dressed decently to fly... and the planes still had smoking sections.

The L-1011 was a nice plane.

[sally]

I think that's the one I took a straight 10 hour flight to Amsterdam in. I'm not sure, but they still had built-in ashtrays in the arm rests.

[Midwest Spy]

I think that's the one I took a straight 10 hour flight to Amsterdam in. I'm not sure, but they still had built-in ashtrays in the arm rests.

I'll bet you a pic of your tits and Ski's Johnson that you didn't fly in an L1011.

Maybe an MD-11, but not the L1011.

[Duchess]

I'll bet you a pic of your tits and Ski's Johnson

Faggot

[Midwest Spy]

I'll bet you a pic of your tits and Ski's Johnson

Faggot

I was going to send you the Johnson pic and save Sally's tit pic for myself.

[Duchess]

*flexes*

[sally]

I'll bet you a pic of your tits and Ski's Johnson between them that you didn't fly in an L1011.

It's a deal.

If I lose Zero will pm you the pic.

[Ski at 1SKY6]

The L1011 hasn't been used commercially for eons.

Mr Spy, I meant MD-80

[Maggot]

MD 20/20?

[Midwest Spy]

The L1011 hasn't been used commercially for eons.

Mr Spy, I meant MD-80

Okay.

However, Duchess is still waiting for her pic and I'll let Sally know I'm expecting hers.

For what it's worth, the L1011 was a great looking plane and it'd be groovy if they were still flown by the big airlines.

[Ski at 1SKY6]

The L1011 hasn't been used commercially for eons.

Mr Spy, I meant MD-80

Okay.

However, Duchess is still waiting for her pic and I'll let Sally know I'm expecting hers.

For what it's worth, the L1011 was a great looking plane and it'd be groovy if they were still flown by the big airlines.

Too late! Check your mail.