I feel sorry for all 200+ people onboard the plane... i feel sorry for air france too because theyve had some of the worst disasters. first, the concorde... second, air france 457... third, A320 flight test... now this :(
Doesn't Airbus attach the rudder using some composite materials which are problematic? This was the cause of Flight 587's Airbus crash in New York City after turbulence knocked off the tail. They just found the tail separated on this flight. Same same??
They should have already fixed the rudder issue, but the rudder detached due to multiple full inputs on it..i think the tail got off upon impact on the water, or probaly while the plane was diving down..the pilot inputed alot of rudder to get it back..then the tail came off? ;)
FZ AirBus representitives seem nervous when this is brought up. There is a system that "protects" the weak tail from stress and this system can be confused but in the end that fragile attachment may come back to haunt the engineers who designed it. BP
Not turbulence... it was the pilots inputting full rudder side to side that caused the vertical stabilizer to detach. But that was an A300, I'm sure the A330 in this case is quite different w/ its FBW and stuff.
RU I'm not so sure it's entirely the pilot's fault for "breaking the plane" in the NY case. The rudder controls were activated in response to wake turbulence from a nearby flight. In flight catastrophic structural failures of this type are reminiscent of the Comet failures of the 1950's. A basic design flaw should not be dismissed out of hand in light of similar circumstance.
I feel sorry for all 200+ people onboard the plane... i feel sorry for air france too because theyve had some of the worst disasters. first, the concorde... second, air france 457... third, A320 flight test... now this :(
getofmaballs 2 years ago
Doesn't Airbus attach the rudder using some composite materials which are problematic? This was the cause of Flight 587's Airbus crash in New York City after turbulence knocked off the tail. They just found the tail separated on this flight. Same same??
boreaspass1 2 years ago
They should have already fixed the rudder issue, but the rudder detached due to multiple full inputs on it..i think the tail got off upon impact on the water, or probaly while the plane was diving down..the pilot inputed alot of rudder to get it back..then the tail came off? ;)
FunkyZangel 2 years ago
FZ AirBus representitives seem nervous when this is brought up. There is a system that "protects" the weak tail from stress and this system can be confused but in the end that fragile attachment may come back to haunt the engineers who designed it. BP
boreaspass1 2 years ago
Not turbulence... it was the pilots inputting full rudder side to side that caused the vertical stabilizer to detach. But that was an A300, I'm sure the A330 in this case is quite different w/ its FBW and stuff.
RixceU 2 years ago
RU I'm not so sure it's entirely the pilot's fault for "breaking the plane" in the NY case. The rudder controls were activated in response to wake turbulence from a nearby flight. In flight catastrophic structural failures of this type are reminiscent of the Comet failures of the 1950's. A basic design flaw should not be dismissed out of hand in light of similar circumstance.
boreaspass1 2 years ago
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Airportchris2 2 years ago