The troposphere under Climate Change is unpredictable. Add to that the degradation of economic support for sophisticated transportation issues when frequent mechanical inspections are required and what do you have?
Thursday in Clarence Center, N.Y.
Friday Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The crew of the commuter plane that fell on a house, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, noticed significant ice buildup on the wings and windshield just before the aircraft began pitching and rolling violently, investigators said Friday.
Officials stopped short of saying the ice buildup caused Thursday night's crash and stressed that nothing has been ruled out. But ice on the wings can interfere catastrophically with an aircraft's handling and has been blamed for a number of major air disasters over the years....
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The crew of the commuter plane that fell on a house, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, noticed significant ice buildup on the wings and windshield just before the aircraft began pitching and rolling violently, investigators said Friday.
Officials stopped short of saying the ice buildup caused Thursday night's crash and stressed that nothing has been ruled out. But ice on the wings can interfere catastrophically with an aircraft's handling and has been blamed for a number of major air disasters over the years....
People mill arround a British Airways aircraft with its nose on the tarmac at London City airport, London
Last updated February 13, 2009 6:23 p.m. PT
Jet's nosegear collapses during landing in London
By MEERA SELVA
Jet's nosegear collapses during landing in London
By MEERA SELVA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LONDON -- The nosewheel of a British Airways passenger jet collapsed with a loud bang as it landed Friday evening at London City Airport, sending the plane scraping across the tarmac with 71 people aboard, officials and witnesses said. All aboard escaped by emergency slides, but one person was taken to a hospital with a minor injury....
The wreckage of a twin-jet business Falcon 10 plane (click here), is recovered from the crash scene at Engadin airport in Samedan, Switzerland, Friday. The jet was en route from Vienna, Austria, when it had problems during the landing and crashed into a snow wall late Thursday, Feb. 12, police said. The occupants of the plane are unidentified, and twere killed in the accident, a third person was seriously injured. (February 13, 2009)
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