Comments on: Amazing Feats Of Aviation: DHL Baghdad

By: Bonaireboy85

Bonaireboy85 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:43:06 +0000

The 787 is incorporating individual hydraulic power drive units for all flight control surfaces, so your dilemma is solved.

By: TheTanman67

TheTanman67 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:05:06 +0000

I was there that day, and watched them come in on fire. mY UNIT, 203RD ENG BN, Missouri National Guard, lived near the end of the runway. Most of our unit came out to watch and hope they made it in. They could not make the first attempt. The aircraft was drifting toward us. they had to go back around even while on fire. We could clearly see the fire on the wing. They landed and went off the runway in the sand which helped put the fire out. Our unit later pulled the aircraft with our dozer.

By: aznhkmafia

aznhkmafia — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:55:00 +0000

wow…o.o

By: evoteck

evoteck — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:38:29 +0000

Aircraft should have a redundancy, a voting logic! It is greed that sends us into the skies without safety-critical systems.

By: Athaeus

Athaeus — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:01:33 +0000

Yes, we must immediately build passenger-airlines SAM-proof! Seriously, not even military aircrafts can do that…

By: Athaeus

Athaeus — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:45:59 +0000

Actually, if a Muslim extremist was homosexual, he’d be killed by his brethren. You were close though!

By: evoteck

evoteck — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:17:12 +0000

Haha! I was thinking more along the lines of cables. But in this scenario… counter-measures would have helped.

By: MrBlackBrit

MrBlackBrit — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:53:42 +0000

Ahhh… I stand corrected!

By: FEVB

FEVB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:02:36 +0000

man, airbus just doesn’t make ‘em like this anymore.

By: dougdenter

dougdenter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:53:39 +0000

How do you figure your post has anything to do with greed?

By: idir017

idir017 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:55:19 +0000

is british airways 777!!!

By: klesmer

klesmer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:02:18 +0000

Thank God, you would think Airbus would have learned something from the DC-10 fiasco at Souix City. Put hydraulic fuses in the system.

By: siriosempresantos

siriosempresantos — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:51:59 +0000

may name is porra do carai!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: tigerswede3

tigerswede3 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:02:04 +0000

Many aircraft, including most military aircraft, DO have reduntant hydraulic systems, but many lines are often routed together by necessity. An aircraft can only be so reduntant… until it just weighs too much to be effective.

By: bigglessy

bigglessy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:26:06 +0000

unfortunately as it stands the aircraft with flares would not be allowed near most airports due to the extreme fire risk.

By: plsniper

plsniper — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:04:00 +0000

Sounds almost like United 232.

By: wanibaby

wanibaby — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:14:34 +0000

My spaceship will shit all over ur US cavalry. It travels 40 light years per minute I doubt yu cant contest this amazing feat. Currently it is on the black market…Ask about me, tell them u no Shabz

By: xlr8r3

xlr8r3 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:25:27 +0000

It’s total apnty wastes like you that make people actually give damn a reason to leave the web. What?? Are you 5? I’d personally like to rip your ass apart with my gov’t issued can opener.

By: bignitro50

bignitro50 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:31:13 +0000

Thats a bad day for those guys, get hit by a missle, loose all control, draining fuel tank and landing in a mine field.

By: pzmtuthcvpvl

pzmtuthcvpvl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:49:32 +0000

Full tanks don’t explode, partially empty tanks can if air introduction is not overwhelmed by vapor-point. Note also the pilots, who had the brains to put the thrust reversers full on before gear collapsed were told to stop, just as wtc occupants were told to go back inside.

By: airbusandmustang

airbusandmustang — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:43:43 +0000

I think this crash is 100x better than the Hudson River crash of US Airways flight 1549. This is so much more amazing.

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deagla2 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:19:59 +0000

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By: yevinketman

yevinketman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:40:37 +0000

I agree with you but this incident will never receive the same recognition.

1) It was a cargo plane with no passengers to have been saved (removes the “hero” worship scenario)
2) Happened in Baghdad, far away from most of us.
3) There are very few images of it available. 1549 has video of the landing and rescue.

Not at all to take away from 1549 (that one was also very cool), but this incident was one of the most amazing feats in the history of aviation.

By: Iamfukenripped

Iamfukenripped — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:43:12 +0000

@wanibaby Shabafoozan?.

By: kac65

kac65 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:43:42 +0000

That’s the reason it wasn’t an F15