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  1. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    I see that is your 9,999th post. Let's see you do that 10K!!
  2. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    Air France 447 and other incidents demonstrated that fly-by-wire (or whatever we call it) planes don't always do what the crew command. I don't like anything that removes full authority from the pilot to do what they are trained for, so to respond to unexpected complex situations. In a case...
  3. thebard3

    'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

    I'd say another test flight is in order. If that's successful, then the program will be operational only 10 years later than originally scheduled.
  4. thebard3

    'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

    Still shaking my head. It's hard to imagine how Boeing could have fouled this up so bad. I should just post this on the engineering failures and disasters forum. 'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard
  5. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    The sequence of events might help to identify what happened. Was the comment "Why did you cut off?" made before or after the switches were returned to normal state? Scenario 1- 1- Crewmember A turns off switches 2- Crewmember B eventually identifies switches are off and turns them back on...
  6. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    I think the FDR Timestamps would be within a period of a few milliseconds or lesd
  7. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    I had put some credence on that article. On second thought, I guess you're right. I'm looking back at that article and others that reference it, and it all looks a little bit dubious. I think by this point, some agency must have some idea about what might have happened but just citing 'people...
  8. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    Maybe some good information will be provided by the CVR when that is released.
  9. thebard3

    SpaceX Starship missions

    Are we still discussing Starship missions here?
  10. thebard3

    SpaceX Starship missions

    Companies other than SpaceX having trouble with new hardware- https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/nasa-tested-a-new-sls-booster-that-may-never-fly-and-the-end-of-it-blew-off/
  11. thebard3

    Titan sub noise heard on board support ship.

    I agree. There are approved engineering drawings out there. Assuming SR was the ultimate authority and signed off on every one of them, then the originators still have some culpability. Same with any subcontractors making components have some ethical responsibility to verify the design before...
  12. thebard3

    SpaceX Starship missions

    Saturn used titanium tanks. One failed in a S-IV during testing and destroyed the test stand, just before firing.
  13. thebard3

    SpaceX Starship missions

    A nice article about composite overwrapped pressure vessels https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/nesc/advances-in-understanding-copv-structural-life/
  14. thebard3

    SpaceX Starship missions

    Well, flight 10 started on a bad note, when the Starship blew up on the test pad. Not sure of any details about the facility, but I'd assume some damage to the infrastructure. Knowing SpaceX, I imagine they already have a contingency plan in action. Hopefully, the cause will be determined...
  15. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    I'm sure the data recorders on airliners are insanely expensive. However, it seems like some small simple recorders could be added to an airplane, especially one that is 'fly-by-wire' to provide redundancy. Most control systems have a communication bus that connects to the extents of the...
  16. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    That article is from 3 years ago. No action items came from it?
  17. thebard3

    Titan sub noise heard on board support ship.

    One might confuse hubris and ignorance for courage, though.
  18. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    They are GE engines. GE posted that they have activated their emergency response team to assist.
  19. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    A British Airways 777 crashed short of the runway at Heathrow. This was due to icing in the fuel system and drove a pretty simple design change. There were no fatalities but there were some serious injuries. Another 777 crashed while landing at San Francisco due to pilot errors. I don't think...
  20. thebard3

    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    This picture seems to indicate that maybe the flaps were not retracted, maybe, or not?

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