Page 13 - Airframe News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

They put shrapnel into the airframe and cause it to drop quickly. >> talk about this region, scharm el sheikh flying over the mediterranean sea would have been the flight path there but also close to israel there are plenty of places to land. would water have been a concern as he was trying to make an emergency landing? >> no, not necessarily. he had enough altitude if he was under control, he had enough altitude to get to alternative area to land the aircraft. there was one report that he probably was going -- looking at landing at cairo. >> so what's the glide range at 31,000 feet? >> you ha...

Flight investigator and a former captain for u.s. airways. a-320. thousands are there. some 11,000 have been delivered or are on order here. it is one of the two big workhorses around the world. any concern or question about the equipment itself? >> i don't think there is a question regarding the mechanical soundness of the airplane. the airplane had flown several flights, four or five earlier that day. there was apparently no mechanical issues to ground the airplane. there was no reason or evidence now that we know of that would play a part in the investigation. it will be looked at as far as...

That mark gave, one of the big issues that will be looked at in dissecting the weather conditions is mark talked about inflight icing at high altitude. in the recent past we've come across this thing called ice crystal icing, which can play a significant role in causing engine flameouts at altitude. so, of course in the dissection of the weather by the investigators, they're going to be looking at all of the components of that thunderstorm activity. the vertical up and downdrafts, which can be overwhelming for the airplane as far as the structure. it can actually cause a loss of control for th...

Better job as securing their internet and i think americans in general, people in general, have a way of getting at the best kind of cyber security protection mechanisms. the problem is nobody sells one product that can take care of all of that, and that's a weakness within the cyber security industry, but americans can do things like change their passwords, encrypt their data, also they can look for better authentication mechanisms. the password is a very out-moded way of authentication. that's one way the north koreans probably got into sony, and that is something that needs to be changed an...

Better job as securing their internet and i think americans in general, people in general, have a way of getting at the best kind of cyber security protection mechanisms. the problem is nobody sells one product that can take care of all of that, and that's a weakness within the cyber security industry, but americans can do things like change their passwords, encrypt their data, also they can look for better authentication mechanisms. the password is a very out-moded way of authentication. that's one way the north koreans probably got into sony, and that is something that needs to be changed an...