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    Ah. Yeah, but when I saw it, it was like at 3000 feet and climbing.
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    I was walking and heard it taking off. Looked up. Yeah, Jumbo. Cathay Pacific. CPA 3128 As I was looking I noticed it did NOT have the turn ups at the wing tips. So it is/was a CLASSIC. Wow!
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    So it would seem that since 1988.... ? When I did my BAK, things have changed. Ok. So why weren't those links posted originally in the replies? Yes, but (unless they have two time zones in that area) I will get ONE answer. Not "It depends" as I was given in the original replies. And also: The Arctic. What's it's timezone rules?
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    😞 If I am in Sydney and ask "What time is it in WA I can get a pretty well understood simple answer. If I ask what time is it in Germany, France, Fiji, Egypt, Chad (and so on) I get a KNOWN answer. So if I ask "What time is it in the Arctic", what: It depends? C'mon.... I think it was when I was doing my BAK and time zones were mentioned. Antarctic (all of it) is ZULU. So yes, I am drawing a long bow with the question, but..... How far from the south pole does this rule extend? Just the area to where the ice ends? Or to a specific latitude? And so then I draw another longbow and ask if it is the same for the north pole. And as that is connected to countries, is it different that once you enter a country, the time changes to that country's time? I thought you lot - being aviators - would already understand that part and it wouldn't need explaining. But - as usual - I was wrong.
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    Antarctica is pretty easy to work out. But the Arctic. Where/when does it go from GMT/Zulu time to local times? Country borders? WRT the south pole: When does it go from Zulu to local time zones?
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    Ah. Ok. Sorry. It is hard to remember all the details of all the ACI episodes. 😉 Back to this though: Yes it will be interesting to see what is shared with everyone to what happened.
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    Ok, kinda off topic, but that's like the JAL 747 combi....... It did a tail strike and it was "fixed".... Several years later while flying the read pressure plate failed and the whole of the back of the plane fell off. The accident was put down to the original problem caused it to fail in flight.
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    Since found a clip on ewetube.
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    Fair enough to not speculate. But something definitely went wrong.
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    Wow, the clip on the news was horrific! The plane scraping it's backside down the runway for a long time and TOOK OFF!!! I think there was a serious problem with their static trim or weight and balance sheet. Sorry can't give more details.
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    Ok, it is 40 years old, but it is funny.
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    Aircrash investigation Season 7 Episode 3 Best of my knowledge. On 8 September 1989, Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in mid-air, and crashes into the North Sea, killing all 55 people on board. The aircraft's vertical stabilizer had vibrated loose during flight due to excessive wear on sub-standard bolts, sleeves, and pins that had been illegally sold as "aircraft-grade."
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    Ok, thanks. There was an "AirCrash Investigation" (Early one from memory) about a small plane flying somewhere in Europe (Norway maybe) and they were flying over water. The plane wasn't supposed to be allowed to do it, but the flight crew turned on the APU as a "third engine" - not exactly the claim, but for simplicity - alas halfway over the water the vibration from the APU destroyed the vertical stab' and the plane went down.
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    Well, sorry, since it has kinda come up. I seem to remember that "in the early days" jets that flew over water - for any substantial distance had to have THREE engines. There was that accident with a two engine jet that flew over water and kept their APU running. Alas they crashed and burnt because something happened to the APU and it disintegrated, and took the rest of the plane with it. So as a result - like with the 707 - the 300 (being the first of their fleet) was a 4 engine to get around that. I'm not sure the full story with why 3 engine planes weren't as popular, but if airbus were going for WIDE BODY: Three engine may not have been enough. But - alas - I am wrong. But could/would you elaborate on that bit about the flying over water minimum requirement to the best of your understanding?
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    His channel is pretty good. I've watched a few/lots of them.
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    Ok. Thanks. I was wrong. As usual. 😉
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    Yeah, well that was kind of a "rub" for me. I'm not sure in the age of Airbus. But "way back when" if you did over water flights you needed > 2 engines for redundancy. So being the time line for airbus was: 300 310 (and so on) 320 330 340 I would have thought the 300 was their early 4 engine job until the restrictions lifted.
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    Thanks. I wonder why/how I got the theory/idea that the A300 had 4 engines. Oh well. Live and learn.
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    Accident "videos" have come a long way from.... a long time ago. But would someone mind watching this? Airbus A300. Mentioned 43 seconds into the clip. Is it just me being anal but that's not an A300. They have 4 engines - yes? Ok, further digging by me says no. So which early airbus had 4 engines? (putting aside the 380) And the 340 I thought - now obviously wrongly - that the 300 (original one) had 4 engines.
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    (And I thought I had the monopoly on bad jokes!)
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    So - sorry - this is NOT the one in NZ where a duck got sucked into the engine just after take off?
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    Thanks Thruster88
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    NOT HAVING A GO AT WHAT HAPPENED! But I have a question: (Well more than one sorry) (Oh, I don't know.... but here goes) Where was the plane going - originally? If it was Bankstown: I don't understand why he was so low. Ok, oops. He was flying to YSBK and before he reached the point where the glide slope WOULD get them to the field safely, the engine failed - Yes? The gear.... I thought the news said (And shame on me for believing them) the gear also didn't extend. But I guess in retrospect: The pilot kept them tucked up and the plane clean to maintain best glide. Someone?
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    I believe the key word in that is WRONG.... Marty_D wasn't doing anything WRONG.
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