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   Bertie the Bunyip to Eeyore   
   Re: LA Qantas Incident   
   27 Mar 08 08:12:30   
   
   From: T@ld.you   
      
   Eeyore  wrote in   
   news:47E938F5.90E456F4@hotmail.com:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > Roman Svihorik wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hello,   
   >> would anybody of you enlighten us in our discussion with my friends?   
   >>   
   >> How to count for the CNN news:   
   >> "Miller says the pilot aborted takeoff after he noticed a warning   
   >> light go off as he took the Boeing 747-400 down the runway at 11.05pm   
   >> (1705 AEDT)."   
   >>   
   >> The four tires were damaged because of breaks (during take off   
   >> abort), or there was take off abort because of four tires damage   
   >> noticed?   
   >   
   > BRAKES not "breaks".   
      
      
   Netkkkoping fjukktard.   
      
   >   
   > Aborting a take-off from high speed (and at high weight) creates a LOT   
   > of heat in the brakes. This can cause damage to the tyres. So, they   
   > replace the tyres.   
   >   
      
      
   Nope, wrong again, fjukkwit.   
      
      
   > Nothing unusual at all. Planes are certificated to withstand all this   
   > stuff.   
   >   
   > The tyres were simply a casualty of the abort, not the cause. No big   
   > deal.   
   >   
      
   Like you'd know, planespotter.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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