I've never seen one while the plane was stationary but I've heard it on the runway and yeah, they're loud as fuck. I don't get what that plane is doing though. Just blow the bottles and be done with it. Unless the bottles didn't work and the only option was to try to suck the fire through the engine?
Engine fire procedures are 1: cut fuel to engine 2: wait 30s, monitoring internal temps in engine. This gives time to blow out an external fire. (Seems to me what is happening in that video) 3: is to blow the bottle 4: wait 15s more 5: blow the other bottle and exit the aircraft
If you read the above article, it appears Boeing’s issues run deeper than just “fixing the software.”
1 person's life is apparently worth $1.4 million. The bulk of the settlement ($1.7B) will go to other airlines who lost revenue due to grounding of the 737 max. That's fucking gross
Some internet experts are saying it looks like it could’ve stalled and that weather wasn’t great around there but man does that look like a deliberate act.
i read this forum every time there's a plane crash https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/637944-737-500-missing-indonesia-2.html in this case, - plane practically vertical into the ground/water - seemingly small debris field (they were already finding lots of debris last night), suggesting no mid-air breakup - plane pinging up until it's crash, suggesting no significant electrical issue that would cause it to plunge out of the sky
Neither does intentionally crashing a plane, killing innocent people, but it’s happened. I’m not saying it’s likely but with the timing coming the day after the announcement of the fine for the Max crashes just seems odd.