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Re:Boeing engineer: more evidence on the assassination of Po... by seele on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @08:09AM (#4659383)
The official explanation of catastrophe was hitting the birch during landing attempt... while the airplane was at about 30 meters of altitude (yes, it was a birch not sequoia).
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Re:Boeing engineer: more evidence on the assassination of Po... by p_l on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @08:30AM (#4659458)
At that speed, it could easily cut through the rather delicate construct that is an airliner's wing, especially close to tip as it did.
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Re:Boeing engineer: more evidence on the assassination of Po... by TWAndrews on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @09:29AM (#4659743)
Not a lot of 30m birch trees around.
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