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The fact that everyone made it out alive from A350 is a great testament to the design. Insane.
by KptMarchewa 3y ago
The fact that everyone made it out alive from A350 is a great testament to the design. Insane.
- rootusrootus 3y agoEh, not really. Any passenger plane design is supposed to be able to evacuate in 90 seconds. They had several minutes (at least) to get off that plane before the fire spread to the cabin.
- lxgr 3y agoLooking at the videos, the plane was literally doused in burning jet fuel as it was decelerating at high speed. I still find that very impressive for a plane built out of ultimately flammable materials (carbon fiber).
- rootusrootus 3y agoI would expect similar performance from any plane, whether aluminum or composite.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoFire is one thing, explosion as the result of collision is other.
- numpad0 3y agoIt's one thing to demand something and another to fulfill it.
- sofixa 3y agoAnd passenger planes are supposed to not crash themselves in the ground, but the only other major passenger plane manufacturer couldn't even get that right. So planes working as expected and saving lives is a thing to be noted.