Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / November 2007

I especially liked this response.
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So a engine fan came apart... big deal. Let's review the facts here. An
engine that spins large metal blades at thousands of revolutions per
minute eventually came apart. The fan blades were contained by the
engine structure and safely ejected from the now non-operative engine.
When something like this happens the pilots will feel a vibration and
then the engine failure warnings will start (including things like
fail-safe engine fire warnings, etc.) Since you cannot even see the
engines from the cockpit of a 737 the pilots would report the
vibration and engine failure to ATC and begin emergency procedures.
While one pilot was working on making sure the plane did not crash the
other would be working the engine shutdown and fire suppression
checklist. Frankly these guys have better things to do than calm down
passengers (that is the flight attendants job and it sounds like they
were the only ones to screw-up here.)

There was no "cover up" and I am certain that if you dig through the
FAA web site you will find the actual report that details both what
the pilots thought was happening and the report from the ground that
lists the actual damage.

Get a grip people.
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Bob Nixon.

There was a video on The History Channel about how a fan exploded and took
out the hydraulic system and the airliner crashed. All the pilots could do to
steer was throttle the engines. It must have been a DC10, as L1011's had
cable controls.

Hey Krusty, it ain't one or the other.  I am pretty sure Bob is a well
rounded individual and is well aware of the history and beauty of HIS home
state.  He shares his sportbiking fun in a sportbike group.

How strange.  This isn't alt.rec.fun.things.to.see.and.do.in.Arizona.

So why don't you go take a hike with your white supremist (sp?) buddies.