26-02-2009, 02:11 PM
Personally I don't see why there can't be any speculation. We speculate everyday. In fact, a lot of police investigations (and perhaps also
airline crash investigations) are solved by making speculations and looking if the evidence fits in. As long as you keep it plausible and
not unrealistic.
BY reading the comments above from Tracker and DJJoost they both seemed plausible to me at first. Now from absorbing all available
info on the net, tv and radio it seems that the ran out of fuel speculation seems to be rejected as several eye witnesses are reporting that
the planes engines were producing noise and therefore indicating that there was some sort of thrust available. Also you would expect
that in a low fuel situation they would have request 18C for landing as 18R is a long taxi to the stands and that they would have indicated
some sort of problem to ATC. So a lack of fuel does not seem the case. It could off course be a similar situation as to the BA777 that has
a fuel starvation due to icing.
The one thing that struck me the most on this particular crash is the rate of impact vs. the fact that so many people survived. Some
people are writing that the forces during the impact has most likely exceeded 9G's. I'm by no mean a physics guy, but to me it seems that
the design of the airframe therefore did its work. Can anyone comment on how many G's a normal human being can normally handle
without passing out (or worse)?
airline crash investigations) are solved by making speculations and looking if the evidence fits in. As long as you keep it plausible and
not unrealistic.
BY reading the comments above from Tracker and DJJoost they both seemed plausible to me at first. Now from absorbing all available
info on the net, tv and radio it seems that the ran out of fuel speculation seems to be rejected as several eye witnesses are reporting that
the planes engines were producing noise and therefore indicating that there was some sort of thrust available. Also you would expect
that in a low fuel situation they would have request 18C for landing as 18R is a long taxi to the stands and that they would have indicated
some sort of problem to ATC. So a lack of fuel does not seem the case. It could off course be a similar situation as to the BA777 that has
a fuel starvation due to icing.
The one thing that struck me the most on this particular crash is the rate of impact vs. the fact that so many people survived. Some
people are writing that the forces during the impact has most likely exceeded 9G's. I'm by no mean a physics guy, but to me it seems that
the design of the airframe therefore did its work. Can anyone comment on how many G's a normal human being can normally handle
without passing out (or worse)?
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