Jessi Combs

[easleycrawler]

I seen the wreckage they posted. Tore all to hell and burnt. Now, with all that damage and a speed of 550+ mph, how the hell they know a front wheel failure happened?

 

[Blackbeard]

I seen the wreckage they posted. Tore all to hell and burnt. Now, with all that damage and a speed of 550+ mph, how the hell they know a front wheel failure happened?

I mean the NTSB can find a single bolt breaking into the gas tank of a wing when a plane is going 500-600MPH and crashes into the ground...I wouldn't be surprised here.

 

[tonybolton]

....and Epstein didn't kill himself.

 

[ridered3]

I seen the wreckage they posted. Tore all to hell and burnt. Now, with all that damage and a speed of 550+ mph, how the hell they know a front wheel failure happened?

I'd imagine they found debris/chunks from the broken front wheel far away from the eventual crash site.

 

[easleycrawler]

I mean the NTSB can find a single bolt breaking into the gas tank of a wing when a plane is going 500-600MPH and crashes into the ground...I wouldn't be surprised here.

I'm definitely not saying that's not what happened. That's way above my pay grade, to be able to figure something out like that, through all the damage. Regardless of what caused it, it's definitely unfortunate.

 

[Blackbeard]

I always wondered how they were able to recreate crashes and figure it out. As black box can't go "here's your sign"...so saw a documentary and read a bit more about the process. It's a time painstaking process...

I do agree most unfortunate - I'm really interested to see how someone navigates at those speeds.

 

[84mallcrawl]

I always wondered how they were able to recreate crashes and figure it out. As black box can't go "here's your sign"...so saw a documentary and read a bit more about the process. It's a time painstaking process...

I do agree most unfortunate - I'm really interested to see how someone navigates at those speeds.

carefully or along for the ride

 

[dwa2469]

Basically a F4 Phantom without wings.

Actually it was a modified F-104 Starfighter.

 

[Zjman]

I'd say every second of that run was recorded and they got idiot proof evidence, and at that speed your just holding on and watching gauges and listening to the team