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At Chicago O'Hare, American 767 catches fire on runway - CNN.com
I work for a Commercial Aerospace parts supplier, so I'm obviously paying attention to this. Also, one of my best friends happened to have landed in Chicago, and was there when this happened. He just posted on Facebook earlier today with pictures and letting people know it wasn't him or his brother on that flight.
The fuel is just pouring out, that's why you see so much fire pooling. And remmeber, it was just starting takeoff, so that's the most fuel it will have.
Look what the heat did to the wing, with just minutes of a fire. Aluminum, loses a lot of its strength north of 400-500F. 7075Al (not sure if wings are made of that or not) melts between 890F-1175F. However, it wouldn't need to be that hot, it likely just underwent Creep due to the weight of its self, and dropping to approx 5-10% of it's room temperature ultimate tensile strength.
I work for a Commercial Aerospace parts supplier, so I'm obviously paying attention to this. Also, one of my best friends happened to have landed in Chicago, and was there when this happened. He just posted on Facebook earlier today with pictures and letting people know it wasn't him or his brother on that flight.
The fuel is just pouring out, that's why you see so much fire pooling. And remmeber, it was just starting takeoff, so that's the most fuel it will have.
Look what the heat did to the wing, with just minutes of a fire. Aluminum, loses a lot of its strength north of 400-500F. 7075Al (not sure if wings are made of that or not) melts between 890F-1175F. However, it wouldn't need to be that hot, it likely just underwent Creep due to the weight of its self, and dropping to approx 5-10% of it's room temperature ultimate tensile strength.