> Sylvia Else wrote...

>> Yes, it does seem a bit of a fluke, though at that point in time, there
>> would be significant airflow towards the hole.

>
> Yeah, maybe.
>
> Another thing, I read the article in the paper and viewed the photos online. The
> hole in the floor seemed significant in size. The newspaper reports (which is
> all we have to go on unless the man himself wishes to comment) suggest that the
> crew wasn't aware of what damage had been caused til they landed. Now, I'm
> wondering if they were able or unable to peer into the hole. If so would they
> not have seen the opening in the fuselage?
>
> To Marty, I saw a report on the news last night (Ten, it might've been) where
> they had an animated "reproduction" of the events. According to it the base of
> the cylinder ruptured. If that did happen then it's not surprising that it took
> off like a bullet.
>
> I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back of a ute. ...

> I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back
> of a ute. It hit the ground, the neck snapped off. It then shot down
> the hill like a bullet and disappeared into the fog. We found it 100m
> away half buried.

> I found the interior damage amazing. Not the extent, but rather the
> clean shear lines of the falsework where the tank hit it.
>
> Further, the loss of the suspect tank out the same hole.
>
> What was not amazing but was admirable was the crew response. From C2
> and Table 3; 22 seconds after the event, they had throttles back, speed
> brakes out, and 15 seconds later they were on their way down. [Wonder
> what the airspeed timeline looks like..?]
>
> Also amazing was no one was killed by the cylinder playing rocket.
>
>

>> I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back
>> of a ute. It hit the ground, the neck snapped off. It then shot down
>> the hill like a bullet and disappeared into the fog. We found it 100m
>> away half buried.

>
> In the US, the common ~150 cm tall "welding tank" is called a "K bottle". ...

>
> There was a dull thump as the cylinder hit the roadway - base first -
> then silence. Packed her into the Transit and we were on our way. Phew.

> PS You don't think gravity may have played a role?

> Yes Phil, indeed, it did end well. My next query is; what made the O2 bottle
> fail? I anxiously await further investigator's reports.

>
>
> I found the interior damage amazing. Not the extent, but rather the
> clean shear lines of the falsework where the tank hit it.
>
> Further, the loss of the suspect tank out the same hole.
>
> What was not amazing but was admirable was the crew response. From C2
> and Table 3; 22 seconds after the event, they had throttles back, speed
> brakes out, and 15 seconds later they were on their way down. [Wonder
> what the airspeed timeline looks like..?]
>
> Also amazing was no one was killed by the cylinder playing rocket.
>
>

>> I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back
>> of a ute. It hit the ground, the neck snapped off. It then shot down
>> the hill like a bullet and disappeared into the fog. We found it 100m ...

> Sylvia Else wrote...
>

>> Yes, it does seem a bit of a fluke, though at that point in time, there
>> would be significant airflow towards the hole.

>
> Yeah, maybe.
>
> Another thing, I read the article in the paper and viewed the photos online. The
> hole in the floor seemed significant in size. The newspaper reports (which is
> all we have to go on unless the man himself wishes to comment) suggest that the
> crew wasn't aware of what damage had been caused til they landed. Now, I'm
> wondering if they were able or unable to peer into the hole. If so would they
> not have seen the opening in the fuselage?
>
> To Marty, I saw a report on the news last night (Ten, it might've been) where
> they had an animated "reproduction" of the events. According to it the base of
> the cylinder ruptured. If that did happen then it's not surprising that it took
> off like a bullet.
> ...

> David Lesher wrote:

>> I found the interior damage amazing. Not the extent, but rather the
>> clean shear lines of the falsework where the tank hit it.
>>
>> Further, the loss of the suspect tank out the same hole.
>>
>> What was not amazing but was admirable was the crew response. From C2
>> and Table 3; 22 seconds after the event, they had throttles back, speed
>> brakes out, and 15 seconds later they were on their way down. [Wonder
>> what the airspeed timeline looks like..?]
>>
>> Also amazing was no one was killed by the cylinder playing rocket.
>>
>>

>>> I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back
>>> of a ute. It hit the ground, the neck snapped off. It then shot down
>>> the hill like a bullet and disappeared into the fog. We found it 100m
>>> away half buried.

>> ...

> Ned wrote...
>

>> PS You don't think gravity may have played a role?

>
> Undoubtedly. It just seems such a fluke that a large object like that getting
> flung around like it did was able to drop back down the same, supposedly
> smallish hole and out the fuselage.
>
> Mind you, I'm not questioning what happened, just commenting on what appears to
> have happened, is all.
>
> Imagine if it had been one of the cylinders further back. Someone would've
> gotten a rather rude shot getting thumped in the arse...
>