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Jonty
June 12, 2025, 11:54:00 GMT
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Post: 11899060
Doesn\x92t look like they have any flap out

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Jonty
June 13, 2025, 07:45:00 GMT
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Post: 11900070
Originally Posted by compressor stall
Re fuel contamination. Shouldn\x92t the engines be feeding from separate tanks at that point? What are the odds of simultaneous Engine Failure? (Basing that on there is little yaw or wing drop to the live)

It\x92s years since I looked at it. I thought it was in the FARs explicitly but I can only find CFR 25.1309 states the safety analysis for equipment systems and installations that would be likely encompass this.
The aircraft is refuelled from the same single point source.
If the fuel from the bowser/ground tank was contaminated it would affect both engines.
However, this would also have affected other aircraft at the airport. It could of course been refuelled with the wrong fuel, but that\x92s pretty much unheard of, and big engines like this can pretty much run on anything that will burn.

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Jonty
June 14, 2025, 17:41:00 GMT
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Post: 11901643
Originally Posted by deltafox44
Given the quality of the video you cannot see that the RAT is NOT deployed either
I disagree. I think the lines of the underneath of the aircraft are quite obvious and its clear there's no RAT. Given it drops on the wing to body fairing just behind the main landing gear on the starboard side of the aircraft, it should be very obvious in this photo.

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Jonty
January 24, 2026, 08:19:00 GMT
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Post: 12026234
Very interesting article in the Daily Telegraph.

The over riding impression I get is one of vested interests protecting their own position rather than following the evidence.

https://apple.news/AHSrBmul0Tv-yToeImigXTA

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Jonty
January 25, 2026, 09:35:00 GMT
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The responses to the article are very interesting. And pretty much go to reaffirming my point about vested interests.

it was the same with the MH370 accident.

If you\x92re American or worked/flew Boeing aircraft you\x92re more likely to blame the pilots. If you\x92re Indian or Asian you\x92re more likely to blame the aircraft.

Unless someone produces a smoking gun, which is very unlikely, then the causes will always be up for debate.

Here in the U.K. we had the Chinook crash, where the pilots were instantly blamed. It makes me very uncomfortable to blame one individual for a deliberate action without a smoking gun as such.

Last edited by Jonty; 26th January 2026 at 10:34 . Reason: Removal of phrase that offends some people

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Jonty
January 25, 2026, 11:50:00 GMT
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Post: 12026864
Originally Posted by Kiltrash
The bottom line will be in the report as" The fuel switches were operated incorrectly for reasons unknown "

Like the Marie Celeste it will be one of the great unknowns
I think that\x92s true. It will be something along those lines.

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Jonty
January 26, 2026, 10:36:00 GMT
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I take your point and have changed the statement that offended you.

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