Things falling off aircraft

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Originally Posted by Duman

it was into the side of a mountain.

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100ft from the summit of Gold Dust Peak. The debris field was a quarter mile square; mostly vertical, not horizontal.
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Originally Posted by Gman

http://youtu.be/35quNI5ed_k

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Wasn't sure if you got that I caught the reference

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Burned out thermocouples. Indicated cooler than it actually was.

When the engine burned off the wing, the plane came apart.

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I got that part, my point is why it took the crash to figure out the 'bug'? Why allow it to fly?

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Originally Posted by Duman

I got that part, my point is why it took the crash to figure out the 'bug'? Why allow it to fly?

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