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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1988.0. "US AIR Tragedy" by STAR::ELSER () Mon Sep 12 1994 17:08

    
    
      Heard on the news this morning that investigators where talking to a
    Psychic who had a dream several days earlier about the US Air tragedy.
    The Psychic claims he saw the incident happen and that is was due to a
    Hydraulic problem.
    
      Has anyone else heard anything more?
    
    
    
    -Dean
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1988.1I heard on the news...MR4DEC::LBERMANWed Sep 14 1994 14:188
    on the news last night, the reporter said that investigators
    have narrowed down the reasons why this may have happened to
    three options. All had something to do with the wing and the
    engine. I missed the first two possibilities, but the third
    was something about the engine going into reverse all by
    itself...if that is possible...
    
    
1988.2add'lTNPUBS::PAINTERPlanet CrayonWed Sep 14 1994 15:1016
    
    Yes, the current theory about the US Air crash is that one of the
    engines did indeed go into reverse prematurely (by itself due to a
    malfunction) and that caused the plane to do what it did.  
                                         
    When a plane lands, the engines are put into reverse to assist in
    stopping the plane.  It just happened that this time, one engine went
    into reverse before the plane landed.
    
    Apparently this problem was reported and fixed a few times on this 
    plane in the past (the television news showed log entries of the 
    pilot expressing difficulty over that particular piece of equipment 
    on that plane several times over the last year or so.)  This time
    though, they weren't so lucky. 
    
    Cindy
1988.3updateBIGFAB::T_SULLIVANWed Sep 14 1994 16:247
    
    	On the news this mornning the FAA has ruled out the reverser
    	theory, they were all in the right position. Also ruled out 
    	was that one of the engines had come loose from the wing, 
    	this had not taken place either. They may never know.
    
    			Terry  
1988.4psychics with 20/20 hindsight?MR4DEC::LBERMANWed Sep 14 1994 17:1114
    thanks for filling in, Cindy.
    
    This surely will present even more difficulties for US AIR to
    stay in business, if the cause is verified to be the wayward
    engine...especially with multiple reports of problems of a
    similar nature on the same plane... Says a whole lot about
    their maintenance
    
    Regarding the basenote, though. It's really easy for people
    to say after an accident or act of Nature that they "saw it in
    a dream" or "predicted it."  Was the alleged psychic's previous
    knowledge of this disaster verified in any way? Just wondering.
    
    ta!
1988.5HOO78C::ANDERSONHe is like a china in a bull shop.Thu Sep 15 1994 08:2716
    A tiny nit, but I'll still pick it.

    When an airliner lands the engines do not go into reverse, they would
    destroy themselves.

    There are deflectors which redirect the engine's thrust forwards instead
    of backwards. Thus slowing the plane very quickly.

    Were these to operate when the plane was flying slowly at a low
    altitude it would stall, that is the air passing over the wings would
    no longer provide enough upward thrust and it would fall out of the
    sky.

    Eyewitness accounts say that something very similar to this happened.

    Jamie.     
1988.6TNPUBS::PAINTERPlanet CrayonThu Sep 15 1994 15:136
    
    That's not a tiny nit, Jamie.
    
    Thanks for the correction.
    
    Cindy
1988.7:)SMURF::WALLACELife's a beach, then you dive!Thu Sep 15 1994 16:477
    
    An even smaller nit.
    
    >no longer provide enough upward thrust
                                     ^^^^^^
    
    wings produce lift (but we knew what you meant)