Aviation

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Parts fall off China Airlines jet on approach to ATL


ATLANTA -- Federal aviation officials are investigating what caused parts of a Chinese Airline cargo jetet to crash on top of a house in metro Atlanta.

The 747 was on its final approach, when a 20-foot section of the wing crashed to the ground, slamming through the roof of an Ellenwood home.

Out of nowhere, parts of the leading edge of the China Air 747 wing pierced the roof of the home.

There were no injuries and the pilot landed the plane safely at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

But for homeowners in the neighborhood it was frightening.

"We do get probably at least 100 planes a day coming over our house so for something to fall is devastating because we have kids who play in the area, play outside all the time," said Kimberly Johnson, a neighborhood homeowner.

"It's very scary. We all live here and this is where we live and planes fly really low, but it's a very scary situation," added Galen Johnson, another neighborhood homeowner.

Fallen parts from the plane were recovered by investigators and Clayton County police, not only at the Ellenwood home but in a nearby Walmart parking lot.

Although statisticians say the chances of a part falling from a plane are one in 10 million, you can collect if something lands on your home.

"If this happens the homeowner can recover if there is damage done. Things are not supposed to fall off a plane and if they do, it's because someone made a mistake someplace either in the inspection process or a piece of equipment broke and it should not have broken," said David Boone, an Atlanta aviation attorney.

The China 747 is being repaired and inspected and will remain at Hartsfield-Jackson International for several more days.

 

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http://www.11alive.com/news/article/293820/40/Parts-fall-off-China-Airlines-jet-on-approach-to-ATL

 

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RULES OF THE AIR

(from Australian Aviation Magazine)

- Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.


- If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the
stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick
all the way back, then they get bigger again.


- Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.


- It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up
there wishing you were down here.


- The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.


- The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot
cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.


- When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided
with the sky.


- A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one
after which they can use the plane again.


- Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of
them yourself.


- You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to
the ramp.


- The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.


- Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
five minutes earlier.


- Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be
another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report
that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds.


- Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number
of take offs you've made.


- There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no
one knows what they are.


- You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is
to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.


- Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.


- If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round
and round and
all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things
are not at all as they should be.


- In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of
miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet
to lose.


- Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually
comes from bad judgment.


- It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much
as possible.


- Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.


- Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's
not subject to repeal.


- The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you,
the runway
behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.



"Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes
turned forever skyward, for there you have been, and there you long
to return" -- Leonardo Da Vinci