Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
I did not pick and choose!
As far as I know all the images came from the same source. This is the first time I have heard this Renece aspect of the story in regards to the source of the pictures.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
Sourcing it to conspiracy websites is not sufficient.
Now you are resorting to sourcing a conspiracy BLOG!
I was just stating where I got the photo from to comply with ATS rules, not that I support the evidence on that blog. I simply did a search for the photos I was looking for on the net. I don't spend much time discussing 911 anymore, so I don't have an archive of pictures to chose from like I used to.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
You CAN NOT tell what part of a plane this is from, or what type of a plane, or whether or not it is FOR SURE a plane part at all.
Actually I can.
See this pattern:


That pattern is on the forward inside wall of the cargo door frame, right above the cargo bin light switch panel.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
Well that is an easy one. Parts are changed out all the time on aircraft, and they are not always logged.
Prove it.
I have had pilots tell me that positive identification of parts is definitive and standard procedure.
Other then the fact that as an airline supervisor I had to work closely with the maintenance department there is no way to prove it to you. I can give you examples though I suppose. Additionally a friend of mine worked for a company who ran a machine shop that made after market parts for the airline industry.
Remember this crash:
the reason for the engine failure, which caused the hydrolics failure was due to a bad part manufactured by a Third Party Company, not from Douglas.
Investigation attributed the cause of the fracture of the fan disk to a failure of United Airlines maintenance processes to detect an existing fatigue crack. Post-crash analysis of the crack surfaces showed the presence of the penetrating fluorescent dye used to detect cracks during maintenance, indicating that the crack was present and should have been detected at a prior inspection. The detection failure arose from poor attention to human factors in United Airlines' specification of maintenance processes.
The crack in the fan disk was traced back to the Alcoa foundry from which the engine part was sourced. It turned out that there was a defect in elimination of gaseous anomalies during the purifying of the titanium disk ingot. An excess amount of nitrogen was in the material, causing a 'hard alpha inclusion' which cracked during forging and then fell out during final machining, forming a cavity with microscopic cracks at the edges.
To be honest with you, pilots most likely don't know half of what goes on in the maintenance department, they tend to hang out in flight ops between trips.
The FAA does not do the same depth of investigation with something like 911 as they would for something like United 232, because in United 232 the root cause of the accident had to be determined to find out if there were bad parts on the market or improper maintenance procedures. With AA77, the aircraft were airworthy thus they don't have to investigate in depth as they already know the root cause. See again your comparing apples with oranges based on crashes that you have seen in the past.






