Crash investigators find crack in plane's wing

[Marc CYBW]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/miami.crash/index.html

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M. Lattoni
Calgary, Canada

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article <78eqf.13655$wg4.10750@edtnps84>,
"Marc CYBW" > wrote:

> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/miami.crash/index.html


In the website picture, captioned,"A crane raises the mangled fuselage
Wednesday morning.", it is clearly a picture of the severed wing, NOT
the fuselage!

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[John]

Yeah . . . normally looking at the picture, I would have thought, and
agreed with you, that what you see in the picture was a wing. But the
Mallard main landing gear is mounted on a short strut that hinges from
the sides of the fuselage and if you look at the top of the debris it
seems you see a main landing gear tire. It could be the angle or just
the degree of damage, but from the angle that the photo was taken, I am
not sure what part of plane I am looking at.

My prayers for the families of those lost.

Blue skies and Merry Christmas to you all.

John

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"John" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> Yeah . . . normally looking at the picture, I would have thought, and
> agreed with you, that what you see in the picture was a wing. But the
> Mallard main landing gear is mounted on a short strut that hinges from
> the sides of the fuselage and if you look at the top of the debris it
> seems you see a main landing gear tire. It could be the angle or just
> the degree of damage, but from the angle that the photo was taken, I am
> not sure what part of plane I am looking at.
>

The Mallard MLG mounts at the fuselage and the wing.

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[Darkwing]

"Marc CYBW" > wrote in message
news:78eqf.13655$wg4.10750@edtnps84...
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/miami.crash/index.html
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> M. Lattoni
> Calgary, Canada
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Seen video of the wing flying off and the plane going out of control. I
think they will find metal fatigue or something similar to be the problem.
So sad, really neat plane, Christmas shoppers heading to Bimini, tragic.

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