by OpLan » Mon May 01, 2006 11:59 pm 
			
			<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img226.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24pg.jpg"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/3138/24pg.th.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br>From <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijlmerramp" target="top">Wikipedia</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>"A fuse pin on engine 3 sheared inappropriately due to corrosion, leaving the pod to tilt up and right due to gyroscopic forces, knocking engine 4 off the wing too. A China Airlines 747-200F freighter was brought down by the same causes in December 1991.<br><br>The crew remained unaware of the extent of the damage, being unable to see the wing. After circling twice the plane returned to the airport and attempted to land. During the approach the flaps were extended, which apparently rendered the plane uncontrollable. At 18h35 the heavily loaded plane crashed into a row of high-rise apartments called Groeneveen. The building caught fire and partially collapsed, destroying dozens of apartments."<br><br>(The cargo is probably enough to start another thread)<br><br>"amongst other things: bullets, spare parts for AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, spare parts for Patriot missiles and 190 litres of dimethyl methylphosphonate.<br><br>Dimethyl methylphosphonate is not classified as toxic, but is harmful if inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through the skin; it is a Chemical Weapons Convention schedule 2 chemical used in the synthesis of Sarin nerve gas. The shipment was from a U.S. chemical plant to the Israel Institute for Biological Research under a U.S. Department of Commerce licence.<br><br>After the disaster, there were rumours that the Israeli secret service had tried to recover some of the cargo, or the flight recording boxes. The plane, like all Boeing 747s at that time, also contained about 400 kg of depleted uranium as trim weight in the tail, a fact unknown during the recovery effort. <br><br>The flight recording boxes were never found."<br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=oplan>OpLan</A> at: 5/3/06 6:02 pm<br></i>