Blown Apart Part 4 - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

Blown Apart Part 4 - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

In September 1989, a Partnair Convair 580 plunged into the sea just off the coast of Denmark killing all 55 people on board. Due to the use of non-genuine spare parts, the bolts joining the tail section to the fuselage failed in flight leading to a catastrophic structural failure.

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• In
• September
• 1989
• Partnair
• Convair
• 580
• plunged
• into
• the
• sea
• just
• off
• coast
• of
• Denmark
• killing
• all
• 55
• people
• on
• board
• Due
• to
• use
• non
• genuine
• spare
• parts
• bolts
• joining
• tail
• section
• fuselage
• failed
• in
• flight
• leading
• catastrophic
• structural
• failure

[guebgt]

its sad and ridiculous to know so many people died just because some stupid people couldnt get better quality for their plane spare parts.

[Snipe4261]

Maintinance problems strike again. }:(

[messupdude]

@guebgt FYI, It's not that the mechanics can't get good parts. It's the stupid black market people forcing sub standard/unappoved parts into the system. They make parts look genuine with serial number and all but it's all forged.

[max40311]

these stupid aviators cant even properly examine a airplane ): (

[Mangoteppe]

I must say it's pretty impressive that they managed to find the cause of that crash considering that they had so little to go on and that plane crashed in the sea. It's so sad though, that 55 people had to die before the problem with non-genuine spare parts was seriously taken by the industry.

[krehall]

@s4yum1 catastrophic structural failure = Explosive decompression, hence why there were no survivors.

[krehall]

@GuerraOtilio Actually no. There was a strip of metal found on the runway that damaged one of the landing gear tyres that caused the damage and the eventual crash. Watch the Video of Air France Flight 4590 and you will see for yourself.

[GuerraOtilio]

Bogus parts brought the final Concord down.

[CarlvinMalicsi2007]

Then, ok.

[s4yum1]

read the description? it says "Due to the use of non-genuine spare parts, the bolts joining the tail section to the fuselage failed in flight leading to a catastrophic structural failure." READ!