As John Candy said, " They can buff that out in the morning." Remember " Trains, Planes, and Automobiles?"
Just as a point of interest, that is Paine Field, Everett, WA. with Whidbey Island in the background. Must be a nice compressor stall on take off. A beautiful 777. Frightening to hear and see, specially when they are in close sequence.....BAM BAM BAM. Fun, too, when compressor blades come out of the intake.
Sparky, do you know the circumstances that precipitated this wing tip strike ? This is supposed to be impossible with this computer controlled Airbus. This is a helluva hard strike in an out of control situation. I mean, he took half the right wing off this airplane.
Don't know what happened here, but I can surmise that he ran into windshear, just before roundout, right wing stalled, and he tried like H*LL to recover.... albeit UN-successfully... Computer won't do any good, if the plane isn't flying...... What say you?? Skyraider (The Novice)
You have a point but supposedly the computer will keep you from getting that far. A strong gusting crosswind maybe? That had to be a damn hard hit to crumple the wing like that. I'll bet that somebody is looking for a job , too.
You could be right about the Airbust picture but that compressor stall on the 777 is not fake. I have seen this too many times with this engine in flight test and that is what it looks like. There is a little shock wave coming out of the compressor and the wings are in a flight loaded position.
I was in a hurry when I wrote the last note and should have said that the wings were in a 1G load deflection as in lifting off the runway. Re the Airbust shot :the only wheel that looks like it might be suspect is the right hand outer tire but if the airplane hit as hard as it appears that tire would be distorted. I supose that in my advanced condition I don't pick up all the Photoshop nuances.
I've got to agree with SwitchesOff here..... look closely at the direction of the plane versus the runway.... seems to be a few degrees difference. That alone, would put quite a side load on the tire, never mind bouncing once, or twice, under the weight of the entire aircraft... (good thing ya can't see some of my landings..) or that tire, might look OK! Skyraider
Reminds me of my favorite story about an aviation cadet who had a forced landing and ended up in a tiny field. Two instructors tried several times to land in the same field so they could reteive the cadets airplane. Finally they gave up and landed in a larger field some distance away. When they approached the cadet and asked him how he managed to land in the little field he said, " Didn't land in this field. I hit in that field across the road and bounced into this one."
That airbus is most definitely photochopped. Look closely around the outline of the plane, you'll see all sorts of distortions of the background right around it. (look at the left main gear)
That is most likely, a side effect from the compression process, in an effort to make the photo load a bit faster... Whenever a pic is "Optimized" this occurs. It get's worse, with higher comprression levels. Photo's here are limited to 640 x 640 pixels and 244KB max file size. Pulling down a pic from say 1280 pixels for viewing here, requires alot of compression. It's not necessarily photochopping, in the sense of altered content. Skyraider
Skyraider, I have been looking at the photo of the Airbus landing and I'm beginning to doubt myself. ......and the authenticity of the photo. Number one: a modern wing structure would bend before it would break as in the picture. Number two: the color of the wing is white, the color of the slat and wing on the ground is aluminum. Number three : There would be fuel in that part of the wing (at least some residual fuel ) that would spray out and ignite. Number four: I think that sneaky Sparky knows and probaly fixed the picture up himself. It is convincing in other respects, tho.
In the lower righthand corner there is a marker from Airliners mag. I have looked through some but haven't found it.....yet. Still interesting, tho, because theoretically you aren't supposed to be able to get a computer controlled magic bus into a situation like this unless the pilot was messing with the controls and confusing the computer or the computer messed up the controls and confused the..........I better quit.
