[thechat] Breaking news - another airplane goes down in NYC

Ron White ronwhite at members.evolt.org
Mon Nov 12 11:51:39 CST 2001


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>BBC TV News says FBI say not a terrorist incident.

I don't how the FBI would know that.  I don't think anything's been ruled
out.
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FBI is saying prolly not a terror attack, nothing definite...

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>Engine fell off on take off.

a very unusual thing to happen to a plane.
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Yes, but it happens... Engine fell off an American DC-10 about 20 years
ago...


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A guy on NPR this morning said that particular plane has been around
since 1972 (damn, they keep those planes going a long time!)
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I doubted that plane is from 1972, so I checked: The A300-600 is a
twin-engine widebody seating 266 passengers in a standard two-class
configuration. The first A300-600 entered service in March 1984. By the end
of October 2001, 242 A300-600s were in service with 27 operators. To date,
the entire fleet has accumulated some 5.560 million flight hours in some
2.886 million flights.The first A300-600 delivery to American Airlines took
place in April 1988 and by the end of October 2001, American Airlines’ fleet
of 35 A300-600s had accumulated some 1.1923 million flight hours.
http://www1.airbus.com/more_info.asp
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and that it is *supposed* to be able to fly even if an engine were to fall
off.
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the plane might be able to fly, but takeoff is a whole different thing.

Thanks,
Ron White





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