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| January 15th, 2018 at 6:48:49 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12505 |
Looks like a shot out of the opening scene of any movie starring The Rock. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| January 15th, 2018 at 7:03:47 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I wonder how they got everyone out. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 15th, 2018 at 7:43:07 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18755 |
Well, if machines can be made to be more cost effective than peasant wages, no human can compete. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| January 15th, 2018 at 8:00:29 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Sounds like everyone left through the rear-most door on the left side. I wonder how they'll get the plane out. Any kind of tow/crane will have to be able to support a significant part of the weight of the plane. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| January 15th, 2018 at 8:16:19 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Good guess.
I assume they need to check the damage first, and then what their insurance covers (probably a lot). If it's not worth fixing, then it can be removed in pieces, taking care to preserve as many useful spare parts as possible. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 15th, 2018 at 8:23:02 AM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4492 | Another concern with removing the plane is that any equipment required to lift/dismantle the plane from the land side would close the runway possibly for weeks. They might be able to do it from the water side. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| January 15th, 2018 at 8:36:28 AM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 | If it were me, i think I would 1. Secure it from above so it could be worked on 2. dig straps around it, though it's possible they can get them on without digging. I have to think the gear collapsed, though. 3. Get a crane barge and lift it enough from the water side to free it . 4. Swing it onto another barge, and 5. take it to a major port or just disassemble it on the barge. 6. Probably it's only good for parts and scrap, though. If the fuselage got wrinkled, which seems likely, it's a total loss. A lot will depend on that. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| January 15th, 2018 at 8:43:01 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
It wasn't a guess. This pprune forum post states "Escape slide left aft deployed" https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/604167-pegasus-airlines-boeing-737-800-tc-cpf-overrun-runway-trabzon-all-pax-okay.html That might not be accurate, but it is where I got my "sounds like" opinion from. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| January 15th, 2018 at 10:52:37 AM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | My solution: Where the plane is resting looks like a lot of fill has been shoved over the bank. I think the plane could be dug out of there buy removing the duff under the tail, to midships, flat, down to where they want the plane to fulcrum to, when tail lowers and cabin tips up, using the front landing gear as the pivot. Then tow it backwards, up the new cut road. Easy Peezy. added; remove starboard wing outside the landing gear and the starboard tail wing, to save on the excavation. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| January 15th, 2018 at 10:57:41 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
I happen to agree that immigration should focus more on people who can contribute economically (although there is room for admission on humanitarian basis). Trump's comment makes it almost impossible for a merit based argument to get any traction because it just looks like blatant cultural bias. After all he didn't say a damn thing about merit did he? It is whole countries and entire regions he dismissed as shitholes. One of the sharpest electrical engineers I've ever worked with is an El Salvadoran immigrant. An executive VP of a successful company I used to work for was from Haiti. A top manager for a local high tech start up and my good friend is from Ghana. His kids went to school with mine. One of his sons is an engineer and another is now a Doctor. Desirable immigrants can and do come from impoverished places, but now anyone who says we are letting in to many people destined to depend on public service will be associated with Trump and his careless vulgarities. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |