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As
the rudder fallen from Air Transat flight 961 is not found, these photos
and illustrations will give us some idea what it may look like.
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| Recovered
rudder. They were broken up in pieces.
(NTSB Docket No SA-522 Exhibit No. 15-A) |
Illustration
of the rudder showing nature of damages.
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photo in the first page bottom corresponds to the piece named "BRHS"
in the illustration. (NTSB Docket No SA-522 Exhibit No. 15-A) |
On May 3, 2002 update,
Marion C. Blakey, chairman, NTSB Board NASA Langley Research Center reported:
In the examination
bay, you will see the vertical stabilizer basically intact, with the
coupons and some of the lugs removed. You will see a section of the
empennage to which the stabilizer was attached. And you will see the
rudder, broken in several pieces. I believe we are making good progress
in determining the sequence of the break-up and separation of the rudder,
al thought we won't have conclusive results for some time.
We have not seen
the following report. NTSB final report says that the rudder was intact
when vertical stabilizer snapped.
Back
to Article Parallel Universe:Composite
Troubles in Aircraft
Posted April 12, 2005
Related Reading:
National Transportation Safety Board
Recommendation
March 24, 2006 (PDF
file at NTSB web site - Will open new window.)
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