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I found the part about the precise balancing of the ruddervators- even after painting- interesting.

Question: Carrier stated the aircraft lost 6k feet in two minutes. Seems a 3,000 fpm planned descent wouldn't have produced this outcome. So assuming it was abrupt wind shear, this couldn't have been overcome after the initial slingshot that put heads through the overhead bins? Or was it...

I get that- which is why I qualified with "assuming no evidence of over-stressing the airframe exists". It hadn't been clarified that the documented past break-ups are all apparently due to exceeding design limits, which from what I've read here is easier to do than in many other GA planes.

New guy puzzled... With cases of failure (as indicated by others here, no personal knowledge) documented- assuming no evidence of over-stressing the airframe exists- why is this model still certified to fly?

https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/three-killed-as-nashville-plane-breaks-up-in-air-scattering-debris-over-half-mile-stretch/ Dad and both his kids set to graduate college. As horrible as it gets.

My son's a T6 IP...happens to be visiting home on leave this week. I asked him (when momma bear wasn't around, and hopefully she doesn't come across the news report) if he had heard about it yesterday, of course he had. There were issues with the explosive charges that grounded much of the...

https://www.faa.gov/jobs/diversity_inclusion Targeted Disabilities Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial...

I find this to be downright chilling..."when", not "if"...

@ ethanb Guess I'm missing the humorous take on this topic?

Streak of bad "luck"? Result of FAA DEI hiring requirements? Something else? What say ye commercial passenger and cargo aircraft pilots- have you noticed a deterioration in the skills of the ATC you deal with on an often daily basis?

Seems unbelievable to me that this condition even exists. Was the airport/runway there before the stacks were built? Who in the hell would think that tall stacks barely 100 ft. below the approach flight path and directly in-line with the runway is OK??

Must be that global warming rearing its ugly head...

That sheet metal ripped apart like pieces of paper. Not an engineer, but doesn't seem so benign to me- granted, not a lot of mass- but gotta be a significant amount of energy impacting the horizontal or vertical stabilizer at 150 knots were that to happen...

https://nypost.com/2024/04/07/us-news/harrowing-video-shows-engine-of-southwest-airlines-boeing-737-ripping-apart-on-takeoff/

Juan Browne just posted an update. Seems more questions, and no answers... Irrespective of whether it was some sort of ILS problem, or crew error- the plane was well below minimums and 1,400 feet east of the runway. Apparently a shift change/controller change just before 147's second approach-...

Made it to 800', looks like may have tried to return to airport before deploying the 'chute. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N469JA

So the autopilot (just assuming it was engaged) would be overridden with manual operation of the control surfaces?

Poor decision making in flying at all, then again in trying to return to the runway? The second one is puzzling to me. Given the pilot had 20 hours eyes inside, when he apparently realized he'd made a big mistake once airborne and ended up in IMC when he shouldn't have been there- wouldn't it...

Jokat said the pilot came to the back of the plane once the plane landed. "I asked him 'what happened?' and he said to me 'I lost my instrumentation briefly and then it just came back all of a sudden'. Any 787 pilots care to speculate how "losing instrumentation" could result in an...

Yeah. Sure it was suicide :rolleyes: