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2008-07-25 Down Under

Qantas flight makes emergency landing in Manila (Explosion)

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Posted by phil_b 2008-07-25 06:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 From the photos, it looked like the skin peeled off, not an explosion.

Posted by ed 2008-07-25 07:20|| 2008-07-25 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 This was obviously a terrorist bomb that went off in the baggage hold. I just learned that there was NOT ONLY the hole in the main fuselage structure that went outward to blow off the fairing but ALSO one that went from there and blew a hole through the floor into the cabin! Everyone is simply VERY LUCKY the blast didn't affect the controls or the controlability of the aircraft in any major way. The terrorists failed - THIS TIME... Are airlines lowering their guard again?

Posted by Mike M">Mike M 2008-07-25 07:29|| 2008-07-25 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 We'll see. It could have been a bomb or a failure from the picture.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-25 07:57|| 2008-07-25 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank God for a miracle. It seems like a
explosion and somebody did it deliberatly.

Posted by A.S.Mathew 2008-07-25 08:22|| 2008-07-25 08:22|| Front Page Top

#5 The Amish say if Gawd had wanted us to fly, he'd a given us antigravitrons devices, just saying.

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-25 09:54|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-25 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Qantas. Never crashed.

Posted by The Rainman 2008-07-25 10:07|| 2008-07-25 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 It is possible that it was an airmail package with prohibited material inside. People try to pull a sneaky and mail hazardous materials all the time. I don't know why, ignorance, to save money, whatever the reason. I'm thinking even a tiny bomb would cause much more damage than that. I saw a video of a 3 oz. plastique charge that blew a fuselage in half in a test.

Posted by bigjm-ky 2008-07-25 11:32|| 2008-07-25 11:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Luck and good piloting. I look forward to the result of the investigation into the cause of the explosion.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-07-25 12:25|| 2008-07-25 12:25|| Front Page Top

#9 TW, I concur. Insufficient information at this time.

At altitude any rupture can be "explosive". And at these airspeeds air ramming into the hole might rupture the floor as they aren't designed to take load from below.

I suspect these folks will never see their luggage (grin). But they won't give a D###.

Posted by tipover 2008-07-25 13:04|| 2008-07-25 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 747 flight controls are routed over the top of the cabin; there was an earlier wide body that crashed due to an inflight de-pressurization ( DC-10, or L-1011, cannot remember) that caused the floor panels and supporting structure to buckle and jam / bind the controls. looking at the one picture that shows the hole forward of the stbd wing, about the only control damage would have been to any leading edge de ice or maybe landing gear hydraulics. if the souce of the explosion ( if true) had been placed further aft, results may have been different ( like under the wing root / spar area). also no mention of any engine loss due to FOD from any baggage ingestion.
good piloting skills displayed here.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-07-25 14:09|| 2008-07-25 14:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Video from inside. Seems like they took it pretty well.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=8976313&ch=4226714&src=news

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-25 16:53|| 2008-07-25 16:53|| Front Page Top

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