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Derailment wrecked airliner fuselages scrapped
wouldn’t think there was ever any real option other than scrapping. I can’t imagine an airline board of directors accepting a $100 million airplane that had slid down an embankment into a river. If one of those planes were involved in an accident, their would be no justification for having used them. I would think no one would want to be before a congressional board trying to explain that you thought it made good sense to use the plane after it went off-roading…
The Missoulian newspaper says that all six (6) fuselages were scrapped:
Amen to all the donation suggestions, scrapping?
Had corporate Boeing donated instead of scrapping, P.R. would be screaming, Bonanza, Eureka, Huzzah!
But to Justin Franz:
For this publication, a Pulitzer should go to you.
Your third and 6th paragraphs, though they inform completely, feed us with a silver spoon of sugar, witty.
Not somber, pompous, declarative…go, man, go! ('50s-'60s)
Or as a funhouse someplace.
Or better et as tools to help firefighters in airplane search and rescue.
Being a retired aircraft mechanic I would like to have seen Boeing donate them to Aircraft Maintenance schools which would provide an insight to modern aircraft structures. They would be great teaching aids.
Scrapping is just another way of saying recyling. More than likely theese fuselages will be salvvaged and rebuilt again
To Justin Franz:
Is the cause of the derailment known?
Appreciate a response. Thanks!
Well, the seams of the plastic, & the edges. Then there’s any dings from going down hill. Water getting in between the edges of the metal. It’s probably all serviceable, but I don’t think anyone would want to accept a new plane built from said parts.
I ditto the donation suggestion. Maybe it’s not practical or goes against the insurance policy, but if it hasn’t been explored, it should be.
the real interest is who paid what to who
Photos of the scrapping in the Missoulian newspaper show compacted cubes of material from the fuselages, not disassembled sections, that look like pieces of an airplane.
Wouldn’t the B737 carcasses be property of the property insurance company that paid the claim?
How about a cool drive in restaurant, on 101 near sea-tac.A BIG BOY.??? .THAT WOULD BE COOL.At one time in the 60;s there was a restaurant near there,that had some UP passenger cars as dinning rooms. with the kitchen and entry.between them.
This is off topic. THANK’S for the good rochelle web.cam.
How about a cool drive in restaurant, on 101 near sea-tac.A BIG BOY.??? .THAT WOULD BE COOL.At one time in the 60;s there was a restaurant near there,that had some UP passenger cars as dinning rooms. with the kitchen and entry.between them.
Specific cause(s) of derailment still not released. However, ambient temperatures in the area @ the time were in the 90°’s F (32°+C), so a “heat kink” occurring under the cars could have been responsible. Also, slight downgrade (0.48% to 0.25% W/b) and some curves (6°40’ Rt. to 4° Lt., again W/b) there, so train-handling (such as using d/b w/out keeping “slack stretched” w/train line air) may have been a contributing factor.
Why couldn’t they have been donated to be used for fire fighting or other types of training?
I’m flying from Chicago to LA next month on a 737-900. Glad to know that it won’t be one of the canoe’s.
So, would this qualify as a non-fatal airplane crash?