[QUOTE]Originally posted by David
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I still have a hard time believing the government's explanation for the crash of TWA' flight 800.

 

What is the liklihood that it was maintenance incompetence -- like Cthree's engine mounts?

 

I'm not sure about the "X-Files" theory here, but I'll tell you I am not flying anywhere for quite some time.

 

i think something fishy definately happened but i won't speculate as to what in particular but it just doesn't add up...the people want answers

 

Can we expect a movie about what really happened with the TWA flight years later. I think so ......

 

First off, I have no idea what happened or any knowledge of how an Airbus 300 is put together.

If the truth is that the plane flew into another plane's jet wash which feels like tornado like winds, why couldn't the plane shake apart. I mean what are the tolerances of the engine and the rear stabilizer. I don't see that as being that far fetched.

Also, it just doesn't seem like bin Laden type terrorism. It seems to me that bin Laden likes to attack multiple targets in the same day to cause mass confusion and hysteria.

I hope that the government isn't covering this up. I think only time will tell.

ERIK

 

Chris,
I am not a avaiation expert, but I do have some background in materials and physics.
The vert. stabilizer on the particular plane is attached through mounts that are made of composite materials. There has been some delamining issues with this mount in the past, though I am not sure on this particular craft. I do find the wake turbulence claim as being perhaps a bit iffy at best.
But assuming that the tail did separate, you no longer have an airplane. This particular aircraft does in-fact have the provision for the engines to separate at the pylons. But this is not what happened, the engines seaparetd at the wing.
The apparent reason for that goes back to the vert. stabilizer. Without the VS, the plane would shake uncontrollably. This shaking could cause the separation of the engines at the wing (So says the news), that separation would cause an even more violent reaction by the airframe, and the speculation is, that is what caused the wing separations.
Sabotage could probably cause the VS to separate, but it would have exhibited a different appearance to those mounts. Though I have not seen picture, I did hear a description of the mounts that made it sound like the failure was stress related.

 

Seems far too fishy to me.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zippy
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The vert. stabilizer on the particular plane is attached through mounts that are made of composite materials.

 

Imagine what it must have been like for those poor people on the plane.....