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Air France A-340 crashed landing at Toronto
EHM-1343 Jonathan:
ok....BBC news24 in the UK, was reporting that it may have aquaplaned after landing on a wet runway...initially the weather was so bad the airport was closed for 2 hrs....and this was on of the first movements after the re-opening.
For those of you who don't now aquaplaning in when the aircraft or transport is seperated from the runway by a layer of water....and brakes have no effect.....glad nobody died today.
EHM-0948 Bruno:
Ok.
So, until now, the conclusions are :
1. The airplane was struck by a lightning bolt 1 min before the landing.
2. The airplane made aquaplaning when it touched the wheels on the ground.
Maybe the airplane got no brakes due to electric power shutdown....
EHM-0654 Murray:
Also, *if* one or both of the engines had been knocked out (going by the Radio 4 news reports, the left wing was ablaze by the time it ran down the embankment after the runway ended...) then there would be no way the flight crew would have used the reversers, which would have a huge effect on how much non-mechanical braking they could have brought to bear.
EHM-0948 Bruno:
Then maybe that could help Airbus company to build a system that even when electricty is offline, the engines still work ... no ? ...
EHM-1365 Benjamin:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by Murray Crane
Also, *if* one or both of the engines had been knocked out...
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Thought it was an A340 ;)
Bruno, are you thinking some emergency system that activates the brakes (probably have to be permanently) once certain criterea are reached?
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