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Post by turboNZ on May 20, 2005 9:55:03 GMT 12
Without wanting to taint the memory of the 2 pilots who were killed (R.I.P.), was the cause of the Air Works Metro crash couple of weeks ago ever made public?
TNZ
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Post by Bruce on May 20, 2005 10:58:24 GMT 12
A crash of this nature requires extensive investigation, I would be surprised if it takes less than 8 months before public release. The Cockpit voice recorder has been sent to Australia for transcription, which in itself would take several months. In NZ the Media generally realise the time frames involved, but in the USA the FAA have a slightly different approach. They provide public progress reports as they go, however this has caused problems when initial indications are disproved in later investigations (the Lawyers than have a field day...) When complete the report is published on the TAIC web site - there are some interesting reports already there : www.taic.org.nzBTW it appears as though the Metroliners undercarriage was down when it broke up - very strange.... |
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Post by turboNZ on May 20, 2005 11:56:43 GMT 12
Thanks for the info, Bruce.
Undercart down could lead to a lot of speculation, like, for instance hydraulic loss.
Very sad though.
TNZ
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Post by hairy on May 20, 2005 12:14:39 GMT 12
apparently lowering the u/c is part of the inflight engine fire proceedure in a Metroliner.
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Post by Bruce on May 20, 2005 13:01:47 GMT 12
That sounds about right, the mainwheels sit immediately behind the firewall when retracted, if the fire spread behind the firewall, the tyres provide a higher source of combustion than the general nacelle structure - especially considering the exhaust ducts pass just over the top of them.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 20, 2005 23:48:32 GMT 12
On the news a few days ago they said that the officail findings will not be released till at least the end of the year. Also they said the investigators are very frustrated because the black boxes went to Australia to be analysed but then their own Metroliner crash was bumped up the system and the lab that does it is making the Kiwis wait till they've done the Aussie one.
I was going to say I'm surprised we cannot do it here, but then I'm thankful we don't actually have the need for such facilities as large aircraft crashes are so rare here.
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