Word: winging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough to chill the most seasoned air traveler: the key elements that destroyed American Airlines Flight 191 and killed 274 people appeared to be a bolt 3 in. long and ⅜ in. in diameter, and a cracked metal plate. Both were parts of the pylon assembly under the left wing that held one of the plane's three engines...
...Flight 191's crash. The accident left no survivors to interview, and the cockpit voice recorder disclosed only two sounds after the routine checklist readings: an unexplained thud and the single word "Damn!" shouted by the pilot or copilot, apparently just as the engine tore away from the wing...
...days, the NTSB put all of the blame on a broken bolt that searchers found beside the runway. It was one of five that held the pylon to the wing, and officials thought it had snapped because of "metal fatigue"-the progressive weakening that results from repeated stress. One investigator even christened it "the murdering bolt." But electron microscope studies showed the bolt had been broken by a sudden, violent strain. Meanwhile, a crack had been found in the plate that formed the aft bulkhead...
...caused-or been caused by-the vibration. In any case, the stress snapped the rear "attach" bolt and it fell out. The remaining bolts could not hold the 20 tons of thrust being generated by the General Electric CF6 engine. It yanked itself and the pylon loose from the wing and took...
...Crimson constantly outshone its opponents but failed to put the ball in the net in crucial situations. Freshman Pete Walsh (goalkeeper) and Mauro Keller-Sarmiento (right wing) showed immense potential, and captain Jim Langton together with veteran Michael Smith performed well; but something was missing from Coach George Ford's team: an offense. Leading scorer Walter Diaz's goal total was down by nine from the year before. The Crimson went for more than three games without a goal at one point...