Despite earlier reports that suggested both engines had quit on the Boeing 777 that crashed on final approach to Heathrow last week, the engines were still developing power at impact, the United Kingdom's Air Accident Investigation Board said on Thursday. The AAIB also said there was adequate fuel on board. The aircraft was on autopilot and stabilized on an ILS approach when the autothrust system commanded an increase in thrust from both engines. "The engines both initially responded but after about 3 seconds the thrust of the right engine reduced," according to the AAIB. "Some eight seconds later the thrust reduced on the left engine to a similar level. The engines did not shut down and both engines continued to produce thrust at an engine speed above flight idle, but less than the commanded thrust." Investigators now are working to complete a detailed analysis and examination of the complete fuel-flow path from the aircraft tanks to the engine fuel nozzles.
The AAIB said it is "sensitive to the needs of the industry," including aircraft manufacturers that use similar onboard systems and the flight crews who fly them, and will issue more information as soon as possible.
Vel jeg maa si at jeg er nok svaert uening med deg Happy flyer, denne maskinen hadde understellet ute og om de hadde floeyet langt nok til aa rekke rullebanen ville nok dette endt opp som en landing og ikke et crash....
Nåh... Møtet med bakken var så kraftig at venstre hovedlegg ble regelrett stemplet igjennom vingen... Det er ikke rullemotstanden som gjør sånt, det er den vertikale hastigheten...
Hadde de gjort samme landingen på betongen, så tror jeg nok skadene hadde vært mye verre, OG sjansen er stor for at vraket hadde tatt fyr...
Nei, den fallt ikke loddrett ned (den skled jo trossalt omtrent 300 meter), men den landet heller ikke kontrollert...
Ifølge vitnene så steilet den et stykke over bakken og falt ned...
By Guy Norris/Aviation Daily
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Sources also tell The DAILY that upper air temperatures over Russia and northern Europe were extremely cold on the day of the accident. Information from other crews coming from Asia on Jan. 17 encountered extremely low temperatures in the -70 to -75 degrees C. range, resulting in fuel temperatures dipping into the -40s. European upper air temperatures also indicate the last 6.5 hours of the inbound China flight would have been flown at an outside air temperature of -60 deg. C. or lower. Although this would have resulted in fuel temperatures on approach in the -35 degrees C range, this would not normally constitute a problem unless, potentially, contaminants were present.
Hørte i dag at det også ryktes om at andre som fløy samme ruten samme dag og valgte en flygehøyde som var noe "varmere". Anivelig er ikke B777 sertifisert for flyging i slike temperaturer i lengre tid og hvis det er tilfelle kan de jo få det moro når de skal hente forsikringspengene...men, men de finner nok ut av noe etter hvert!!
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Because jet fuel is a mixture of many different hydrocarbon molecules, each with its own freezing point, jet fuel does not become solid at one temperature as water does. As fuel is cooled, the hydrocarbon components with the highest freezing points solidify first, forming wax crystals. Further cooling causes hydrocarbons with lower freezing points to solidify. Thus, as the fuel cools, it changes from a homogenous liquid to a liquid containing a few hydrocarbon (wax) crystals, to a slush of fuel and hydrocarbon crystals, and finally to a near-solid block of hydrocarbon wax. Because the freezing point is defined as the temperature at which the last wax crystal melts, the freezing point of jet fuel is well above the temperature at which it completely solidifies
Det var vel noen her i Seattle paa den lille flyfabrikken oppe i gata her som var noe overrasketog ikke helt enige....
Enig med deg. Jeg er 100% overbevist om at den vertikale hastigeten på flyet har vært så stor at understellet hadde gitt etter inne på betongen også. Og med hardere underlag hadde nok sammenstøtet gjort enda mer skade (og kanskje brann som andre sier her). Understellet er konstruert for å tåle mye, men her snakker vi antagelig om vertikal hastighet som har vært mange ganger høyere enn normalt. At flyet hadde rullet bedre på betongen enn på gresset ville ikke tatt unna for sammenstøtet uansett, tvert i mot.
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