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777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby GWSimulations » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:00 pm

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.
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby TacitBlue » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:31 pm

they could have done a better job than that. ::) still funny though.
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby SideWinder9 » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:19 pm

Yeah, you can tell where they bleached out the the sky.
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby TacitBlue » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:51 pm

And to make matters worse, the nose wheel fell off... :P

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby beefhole » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:32 pm

LOL tacit, much better! ;D
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Hai Perso Coyone? » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:23 pm

Thank you soo much!!! I have been looking for that site for a while now!!
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Saitek » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:27 pm

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.

Postby alrot » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:54 pm

He he he,very funny  ;D
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Saitek » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:00 pm

Someone else do the other wheels! ;D

Lets completely take the thing apart!
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby GWSimulations » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:22 pm

Someone else do the other wheels! ;D

Lets completely take the thing apart!

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby TacitBlue » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:45 pm

Man, that flight is doomed. They were so close to landing too. :P
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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Saitek » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:54 pm

Man, that flight is doomed. They were so close to landing too. :P



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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Saitek » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:07 pm

Here we are! ;D

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Dan » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:19 pm

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Re: 777 loses tail in mid-air.

Postby Saitek » Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:02 pm

Oops the flaps have gone now! :o

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