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Emergency services needed two hours to extinguish the blaze. Although the fire brigades were able to keep the fire away from the cockpit, the crew could not be saved. The impact forces as well as the weight of debris in the cockpit had already killed the crew
Originally posted by Harlequin
i would be concerned over how the type just flips in gust conditions - even so 32kt gusts are within limits (i think)
edit:
weed its RW 34L at NRT
[edit on 23/3/09 by Harlequin]
Originally posted by Harlequin
from all accounts they can be a real beast in wind , more so with LSAS woking
Originally posted by C0bzz
>>Apparently the MD-11 used to have pitch up movements caused by spoiler deployment. I believe they cured it by updating LSAS in around 1998 and also making spoilers deploy only partially untill nose wheel compression.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Originally posted by C0bzz
>>Apparently the MD-11 used to have pitch up movements caused by spoiler deployment. I believe they cured it by updating LSAS in around 1998 and also making spoilers deploy only partially untill nose wheel compression.
There was no locking mechanism on the spoiler handle. The way the handle was situated on the center console, if the left seat pilot put down his clipboard, or even swung his hand down at the right angle, it would deploy the slats. They put a locking mechanism to where they had to use both hands to deploy the spoilers after a flight attendant was severely injured near Alaska.