As many as 200 people died when they were sucked out of a Russian - made Ilyushin 76
plane after a door fell off the aircraft as it headed from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi in the southeast in May 2003.
Not exact matches
These include making sure the
plane is properly maintained before departure, the whole crew is present before the flight, the flight leaves on time, service on the flight is top - notch, the
plane door opens one minute
after arrival, and the last bag is delivered to customers within 15 minutes of the aircraft parking.
After touching down at the helipad, he sprinted to the cavernous hangar and swung open its blue
door to find the splintered remains of a critical piece of his latest engineering endeavor: part of the 236 - foot - long carbon fiber wing of a solar
plane designed to circumnavigate the globe.
Also, the section hit by the
plane had recently been renovated and a number of security measures installed: strengthened walls, blast - resistant windows, a new sprinkler system, fire dampers in the ducts, and accordion fire
doors that slammed shut immediately
after the crash.
After the
plane door opens in Laos, Ill have to actually wear long sleeve shirts for malaria / mosquito protection so this may be the last normal photo, from here on Ill...
After all, the original maquette was more to the scale of a Cubist collage, and the association of paper... I don't think it's a question of bronze but of making it 80 inches high, which is the height of an ordinary
door, and allowing these
planes to expand and take on more substance because of their size.
While the same parachute appears to remain in use, an investigation
after the parachuter's death allegedly resulted in changes to the military's training program, including a change in procedure regarding the
plane door, in an effort to increase safety.