dosxuk Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 A key piece of evidence (that we know at the moment) is that the cabin pressure warning came at the end of the string of faults transmitted. This means that things like the autopilot coming offline happended before any significant damage to the craft. If it was a bomb, fuel tank explosion or metorite (causing major structual damage), the pressure warning would have been much earlier in the fault list. Other (technical) sites are saying the "pressure" warning actually means the cabin was over-pressured for it's altitude - i.e. the cabin desended while pressured faster than the pressure could be reduced inside, meaning the cabin was intact while below ~8,000ft, but falling fast.
sazabi2001 Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 I've flown on a few Chinese airlines but would never touch China Airlines. They average one fatal crash every 4 years. A 747 crashed just off Taiwan because they decided to botch a repair 22 years earlier. Instead of repairing the crack, they just added another board on top of it to cover it up. The crack gradually got worse and ripped the plane apart in mid air. No Indonesian airlines are permitted to fly in Europe because of dreadful safety records. Aeroflot appear to allow kids to fly planes and a number of African carriers are not allowed anywhere near Europe. Compare that to the likes of Lufthansa, an enormous amount of aircraft carrying tens of thousands of passengers per day and the last fatal accident was in 1974 using the same aircraft as the Asian and African airlines. The 747 crashed in Nov/2000 is neither Chinese airline nor Taiwan airlines, it was a Singapore airline. The factor of this accident was reported as duo to the strong wind happened in its took off.. Apparently, the maintenance of airliners running crossocean airlines are responsed by their original manufacturer..
Gannon Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Ive just read they found two groups of bodies 60 miles apart, which means the plane must have blown up at some height, or the current has took them. Hope they find the FDR`s
Paul2412 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 The 747 crashed in Nov/2000 is neither Chinese airline nor Taiwan airlines, it was a Singapore airline. The factor of this accident was reported as duo to the strong wind happened in its took off.. Apparently, the maintenance of airliners running crossocean airlines are responsed by their original manufacturer.. I think you are thinking about a separate accident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611
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