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777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:00 pm
by GWSimulations
A Boeing 777-300 of Singapore Airlines has been forced to make an emergency landing, following the seperation of the entire vertical tail in flight.
A photograph, and more information is available at the URL below:

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairl ... d=00005016

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:31 pm
by TacitBlue
they could have done a better job than that. ::) still funny though.

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:19 pm
by SideWinder9
Yeah, you can tell where they bleached out the the sky.

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:51 pm
by TacitBlue
And to make matters worse, the nose wheel fell off... :P

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:32 pm
by beefhole
LOL tacit, much better! ;D

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:23 pm
by Hai Perso Coyone?
Thank you soo much!!! I have been looking for that site for a while now!!
Cheers,
Ashar

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:27 pm
by Saitek
Well, funny you say you see the front wheels fall off, because when I snapped this picture the right engine had gone too! :o :-X


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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:54 pm
by alrot
He he he,very funny  ;D

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:00 pm
by Saitek
Someone else do the other wheels! ;D

Lets completely take the thing apart!

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:22 pm
by GWSimulations
Someone else do the other wheels! ;D

Lets completely take the thing apart!

DEMOLITION!!!

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:45 pm
by TacitBlue
Man, that flight is doomed. They were so close to landing too. :P

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:54 pm
by Saitek
Man, that flight is doomed. They were so close to landing too. :P



I'm gonna take some more off.. seeing noone else has!

Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:07 pm
by Saitek
Here we are! ;D

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:19 pm
by Dan
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:02 pm
by Saitek
Oops the flaps have gone now! :o

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