With many engines, the thing is only held onto the wing by six bolts. If some total incompetent was responsible for reattaching the engine after the maintenance checks, that could certainly account for it. A friend of mine who's something of an expert on aviation informs me that if the engine was badly secured, then even something so simple as a 'bird strike' has the potential for causing such an event. And even if it wouldn't directly cause the event in question, it could lead to a minute fracture in the fan blades of the engine, as Kalidor suggests in his comment here. There are countless reasons why it could happen without any human assistance beyond gross incompetence. As for the government talking of lying to the people for their own good... well, they've been saying that about all manner of things since the 1940s. I'm not going to worry unduly about that sort of thing. I'm not going to believe that this is sabotage until I see something a LOT more convincing. At least the plane's cockpit voice recorder doesn't show any evidence of unusual activity there, beyond the initiation of standard emergency procedures. Damn A300s only having two engines. Methinks airlines will be buying the 4-engine A340s from now on, even if they are somewhat more expensive.
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Date: 2001-11-13 08:56 am (UTC)As for the government talking of lying to the people for their own good... well, they've been saying that about all manner of things since the 1940s. I'm not going to worry unduly about that sort of thing.
I'm not going to believe that this is sabotage until I see something a LOT more convincing. At least the plane's cockpit voice recorder doesn't show any evidence of unusual activity there, beyond the initiation of standard emergency procedures.
Damn A300s only having two engines. Methinks airlines will be buying the 4-engine A340s from now on, even if they are somewhat more expensive.