-=> Quoting Jim Dawson to Jim Sanders <=-
JD> I am rather sure that my local library has the Jablonski book. I'll
JD> have ot get it. On local radio today, I heard another interesting
JD> theory of the cause of the TWA 800 accident: an overheateted brake
JD> caused a tire to exploded in the wheel well. Wish I knew more about
JD> where the wheel well is in relation to the center fuel tank on the
JD> B747.
It would be right next to it I'd thought of slightly behind?
Didn't a DC-8 crash when an exploded tyre burnt thru the main spar?
Back to TWA 800, I saw they are using an Evergreen 747 to simulate
the exact situation. I also heard after 800, boeing tested an old
747 in the Mojave. True?
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