Kolya on 13/2/2009 at 20:00
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jet planeWhy do birds suddenly appear, every time, you are near? :(
Specter on 14/2/2009 at 01:04
As odd as the sudden string of incidents are, I think there are a couple things to note:
First, because of the crash in Buffalo, and in New York, the media is more likely to report on aviation incidents, regardless of scale. Had the crash in Buffalo last night not occurred, Im not sure we would ever hear about a nose gear collapse.
Secondly, while cold in the light of the loss many people are feeling, the aviation industry (in ICAO countries) remains a very safe industry, and as a percentage of aircraft in operation at any given time, the number of incidents is quite low. I spent some time working/observing in an aviation maintenance company (in a very meager and unimportant way) and the things I saw were impressive. Every part down to the bolts is tracked; they know where it was made, and where it was kept until its use. When parts are disassembled, everything gets tagged the moment it comes off the aircraft and failure to do so can result in the part, regardless of its condition, to be thrown away during an inspection.
While its important to look carefully at everything involving all incidents, I think the current system, as designed, is extremely effective. However, human error can undo all that...
Tocky on 14/2/2009 at 05:53
Horrible accident.
My laughing at Koylas post.
SubJeff on 14/2/2009 at 09:16
Quote Posted by Ulukai
However, what's to say? There's so much death in the news, I'm almost completely apathetic about it :(
That's my kind of story; it's no fun 'til someone dies.
Don't look at me like I am a monster. Frown out your one face but with the other stare like a junkie into the TV. Stare like a zombie while the mother holds her child, watches him die, hands to the sky crying "Why, oh why?".
'cause I need to watch things die from a distance.
And so on.
Back OT: Terrible tragedy, and that certainly is some really, really bad luck on that poor womans part. Reminds me of the woman who left Israel because she was scared of the suicide bombers only to be killed by another on in London of all places.
Rogue Keeper on 16/2/2009 at 08:45
Quote Posted by Matthew
The thing is that if the bird is striking the engine with enough force to, as (
http://birdstrike.org/) Bird Strike USA says, 'generate the kinetic energy of a 1,000-lb weight dropped from a height of 10 feet' (in the case of something like a Canada goose), how do you stop the bird from shredding the net and ploughing on into the engine anyway?
Wires made of special metallic alloy would probably do stop that kind of energy, but the airflow issue Thief13x mentioned would be a slight problem, but perhaps it could be compensated by higher performance of the engines, which of course means more fuel consumption...
rachel on 16/2/2009 at 08:56
Autopilot is a fairly standard procedure to alleviate the pilots' workload and allow them to focus on other issues during the flight. They could certainly have turned it off, this would likely have given them a better understanding of the plane's behaviour ahead of time, but my (relatively uninformed) guess is that they underestimated the amount of ice buildup on the wings, and by the time the autopilot shut off automatically with the stall alarm kicking off, it was already too late to regain control.
