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  1. #1
    rebbonk
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    Default Another aircraft down

    http://news.sky.com/story/1451536/no...ce-plane-crash

    I'm beginning to think that giving up travelling the world for a living was a good idea.

    My thoughts are with the relatives.

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    Margaret
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    I don't know how old a plane should be before it is decommissioned, but in this particular tragedy the plane was 24/25 years old.

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    rebbonk
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    Planes much older than that are flying Margaret. (You'd be surprised how often they're re-painted to make them look 'new'.)

    It largely depends on things like fatigue life of major components, and this will vary from aircraft to aircraft depending on how it's used and how it's flown. Once it becomes uneconomical to replace life expired items the aircraft ought be withdrawn from service. We used to change the wing spars on Shackletons to give them extended life, and the flying style of Vulcan 558 was changed to reduce the fatigue life being eaten up.

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    rebbonk
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    Well, this doesn't look good...

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0MK0ZO20150326

    A deliberate act!

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    Margaret
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    On the surface it seems that the co-pilot was a well balanced , intelligent guy, but who knows any underlying troubles or even perhaps religious or political movements he may have been affiliated to. I daren't mention a certain kind of radicalized convert! Their modus operandi is these kind of shocking acts.
    Germany has huge members of the religion of peace living in it.
    Last edited by Margaret; 26-03-2015 at 08:20 PM.

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    rebbonk
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    Things are starting to get rather interesting...

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0MK0ZO20150327

    Hints of mental illness and more.

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