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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2014, 11:36:43 AM »
Those are brand new.  Hope they had insurance!
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2014, 12:22:02 PM »
something is not right.  I always thought you cant put anything on a railroad car that is longer than the rail car.  reason is you cannot secure it.  as if you secure something to 2 railroad cars then either the straps will break or the object will get damaged as the train goes thru a curve.



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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2014, 12:29:39 PM »
Could be extra long railcars.
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2014, 12:35:55 PM »
I hope those fuselages scrapped and not made flight worthy.

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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2014, 01:10:58 PM »
something is not right.  I always thought you cant put anything on a railroad car that is longer than the rail car.  reason is you cannot secure it.  as if you secure something to 2 railroad cars then either the straps will break or the object will get damaged as the train goes thru a curve.
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What's not right is you didn't investigate how boeing (and airbus) manufactures their airframes and the great efforts they make to transport the large structures to the final assembly plant   :lol  They've paid for huge amounts of work on transportation infrastructure to ensure they can get the sub-assemblies from place to place.  That apparently includes some railroad routes that have gentle enough curves for oversize cargo.  In other areas they've widened roads, rebuilt bridges to make them taller, found waterway routes, etc.

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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2014, 01:12:22 PM »
I hope those fuselages scrapped and not made flight worthy.

Yea.  Me too.  It's even money whether or not they scrap or refurb them.  Do they pay to refurb them and keep aside a little for liability insurance, or scrap them or re-purpose them for training aids, or...  If there isn't a public outcry though, I bet they get put into flying service.
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2014, 01:18:49 PM »
If there isn't a public outcry though, I bet they get put into flying service.
Give them a salvage title and sell them in Asia.
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2014, 03:32:52 PM »
Give them a salvage title and sell them in Asia.

I don't think anyone in Asia has a 737 assembly line and could use partially built fuselages...
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2014, 06:05:52 PM »
wow and they dumped three of them?
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2014, 08:15:50 PM »
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The train carried six fuselages. Three others also fell off but stayed on land. Frost says Boeing has had workers at the scene assessing the damage.
I don't think anyone in Asia has a 737 assembly line and could use partially built fuselages...
All they need is a hanger and some Foxconn workers.
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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2014, 11:26:48 AM »
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I see a custom built car longer than normal.  now it makes sense.


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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2014, 11:29:10 AM »
I don't think anyone in Asia has a 737 assembly line and could use partially built fuselages...

they are most likely gonna be sold to an asian company.  as scrap metal.  that's where we sell a lot of our steel anyway.  man i wish I could get some of that aluminum.  at 2 bucks a lb it would make some nice recycling :)


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Re: In case of a water landing...
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2014, 11:53:58 AM »
    Gives new meaning to Rapid transit.  :D

    Waters fine, room for one more.  :eek:

    Take the train to the plane to the scrapyard.  :cry

    What sound did they hear when they fell off? Boeinggggg   :bolt:
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