could have affected those stringer ares and reconstruction. the stringers are the structural feature of the there we see the wings that are, they went to the ground largely intact, but the tail section was found three miles from most of the wreckage. they are talking about a tail strike in 2001 when this strike. they can scrape the tail end of the plane and put pressure on the fuselage before the wheels hit. this airline said repairs were made by air bus and everything looked fine.
thank you. fox news alert, all of that is happening in çówashington, hf a world away there are new questions about a crash of a russian jet in egypt. there is no way a missile strike is to blame, but there was an explosion that caused the plane to break apart in midair. the question is, what was it? we have a retired pilot and aviation consultant. you have floun all over the world and seen number of accidents. when you look at facts on the ground what are your thoughts. i see a aircraft that had an unusual break up because the tail sexes is largely intact. it was forward of the pressure bulkhead and quite possibly in the area that many years before about a tail strike
they have is the heat signature that was generated when the airplane hit the ground and exploded or, you know, that is the speculation right now. but again, i don t believe that they re quite sure whether that was from the ground explosion or perhaps it could have been in the air because we have not ruled out the use of a potential bomb. bill: which is still a possibility and there is, there is the attention that is given to the tail of this plane. it was 19 years old. apparently bumped the runway in 2000 or 2001 so that goes back 14 or 15 years. if that tail were still an issue today, would you not see that upon inspection? well, you would think that they would because the inspections are, especially on an airplane that has had a tail strike, it is required to have that area looked at really close and, but again, who s been doing
failure. tail strikes do happen and typically they re followed up with a very thorough inspection, x-rays of the fuselage to make sure there s not ongoing hidden cracks within the fuselage. in this case, there was significant damage, actually visual damage that had to be repaired on the fuselage itself, which is the encapsulating structure. in this case, of course, it is 100% speculation on my part at this point. other than previous examples. previous examples would be aloha airlines. they had a fracture based on time, over time, the failure happened on the fuselage. in this case, with the repair, you d be very focused on what happened with that repair. was it done properly? if threw forflew for a lot of t without cracking but it didn t mean it did at this point. what hit the tail? a tail strike is when you take off from the airport and you rotate too quickly. when you rotate too quickly, the
ntsb, but none have crashed. a tail strike or any sort of damage to the aircraft can cause a problem. it may not be immediate problem. it may take years for the problem to develop. from the mangled debris field of flight 9268 investigators will have to piece together whether an incident 14 years ago brought down this plane, something more sinister or a problem with the plane or pilot previously unknown. still do come in the newsroom. right now ohio voters are deciding whether or not to legalize weed for recreational and medical use. but the initiative is more controversial than you think. awe believe active management can protect capital long term. active management can tap global insights. active management can take calculated risks. active management can seek to outperform.