Yeah, it clipped another plane, right? Did that incident weaken the structure at the fuselage? Only to completely fail at 35,000'? Wing comes off, disables all communications. Death roll, looks like a u turn, straight into the water? Don't know.
Did you see video of the 777 cart wheeling at San Fran? Highly doubt the above scenario from a wing tip repair gone bad.
They are VERY excessive. Like I said, an ~80gal spill resulted in millions. They make the fines so excessive that dumping the oil/gas overboard is not a viable alternative to disposing of it properly.
Not sure how many pilots would do that nowadays since it almost would guarantee a few rounds from a M61 Vulcan gun up their ass...
I would have to think they would reach over and quietly enter the code quickly, before anybody knew what they were doing. Sorta like the bank teller that secretly presses the silent alarm. I kinda doubt they would be like "Hey hijacker dudes, guess what i just did!!!"
The M61 Vulcan is the cannon mounted on pretty much every US fighter jet. He's not talking about getting shot by the hijacker Because if you're anywhere near a target of high enough value, the body in charge of said HVT may end up deciding to shoot you down rather than risk the jet impacting its potential target. "Guarantee" seems a bit strong, but I'm not willing to debate whether or not it'd actually happen. Just clarifying what I think dieterly meant
The wings stayed on the airframe despite the violent cartwheel. When was the last time there was a structural wing failure in cruise on a Boeing airframe? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/friday-aug-10-2012-photo-shows-broken-wing-photo-141018943.html
It's crazy that there is still no trace of the plane so many days after, considering that the waters have been said to be a lot shallower than the Air France plane that went down.
