American Airlines passengers witness walls split apart

[yellowstang]

Apparently it was just an air duct that had broken loose.

No way, the pop pop pop was the rivets popping out holding the side on! Luckily the glue held long enough to land!

[beefed88]

I would have thought that'd happen on one of their MD-80s, not the newer 757's. I really hate those old, tired planes.

Newer?

I'd bet that's pressure issue unrelated to the actual fuselage. It may have had a rupture in one of the pressure bulkheads between the cargo and passenger areas.


<--- Aerospace Design Engineer

There is a riser duct that fits between the frames that supplies air to the overhead duct. It is made of thin fiberglass that could easily burst. There are no pressure bulkheads between the cargo and passenger compartments.

[likeitfast55]

I'd bet that's pressure issue unrelated to the actual fuselage. It may have had a rupture in one of the pressure bulkheads between the cargo and passenger areas.


<--- Aerospace Design Engineer

What he said.
Doesn't add up, see daylight----------- no loss in pressure? NA............sorry. Not in the real world. Maybe a duct (ac/heat) rupture causing the interior walls to come apart..........

[likeitfast55]

"There is a riser duct that fits between the frames that supplies air to the overhead duct. It is made of thin fiberglass that could easily burst. There are no pressure bulkheads between the cargo and passenger compartments."

Here ya go...................spot on.

[Baba Ganoush]

That would've been unsettling, but if we were still airborne, I'd say we're good.....get me to my destination.

I don't need an engineering degree to know the difference between an interior panel and structure. If it were structure, we'd be dead or damn near it.

[likeitfast55]

yeah.. If they only knew what they look like during overhaul!! LOL!!!

It even gets me when I visit Tulsa.............I have over 25k hours flying the dam aluminium tubes.

[helosailor]

If the masks don't drop, complete the hop.

[Forever_frost]

Just like the picture of the plane above, neither will cause that.

You'd probably have flipped out on the pilot, and told him how the constitution says it can't keep you in the plane.

Oh I'd have flipped out true. When the interior starts ripping apart, how far behind is the exterior?

[crapstang]

That panel is probably in better shape than the door panel in their car. Gotta freak out!!! Why?

Because it's a PLANE OMG!!!!

[68RR]

LOL!!! You guys are killing me!.

[black50]

any of yall remember Aloha Airlines Flight 243?

[racrguy]

any of yall remember Aloha Airlines Flight 243?

That went down pretty well.

[black50]

That went down pretty well.

I remember watching the made for TV movie back in the day

[likeitfast55]

any of yall remember Aloha Airlines Flight 243?

Yea, a 737-200 turned into a vert.............. not a good thing in the air.

[68RR]

Aloha"s bird was a Combi. The only reason it made it back down.. The reinforcement beams/structure to support the large Cargo Door and cargo did it's job..