01-11-2017, 03:13 PM
(01-11-2017, 02:38 PM)P7_TOM Wrote: Whoa; hang on a minute - can we find the following in the 'origional' language and try to translate.
CW - “On Jan 10th 2017 Mozambique’s Civil Aviation Authority reported that they concluded the radome most probably failed as result of a structural failure caused by air flow pressure, contributing factors probably were a defective installation of the radome and inspection of the ribs.
Be buggered if I can work out what, exactly, is meant. 'Passing strange' is what I'd call this 'failure'.
Reminds me of an incident many moons ago that occurred on a DC9.
An over zealous technician had applied a liberal coating of silicone sealant to the entire perimeter of the radome/fuselage attachment. The aircraft took off on it's merry way, climbing off to cruise; expanding air broke the lower part of the improvised seal.
Descent resulted in a different scenario; the improvised seal was tight as a drum and on the ensuing approach the the poor old radome could take no more and imploded.
Made a hell of a mess of the radar!