Why It Took 23 Yrs to Link Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance to This Scrap of Metal
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#2(Qualifier: I know very little about planes or the background of this case)
If the part found was a last minute patch, I'd guess that the patch wasn't properly attached, so came off in flight; then the plane crashed as a result of losing the patch. Otherwise, what are the chances of that being the only piece found...
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#3(Qualifier: I know very little about planes or the background of this case) If the part found was a last minute patch, I'd guess that the patch wasn't properly attached, so came off in flight; then the plane crashed as a result of losing the patch. Otherwise, what are the chances of that being the only piece found...
That's the first thought that springs to mind, but not necessarily the case.
Aircraft from that era were quite solid and they did not have a pressurized hull. The Lockheed Electra and other similar aircraft from the same era flew in wartime operations and regularly came back full of holes.
A single window broken cover should not bring an otherwise sound 1930s era aircraft down.
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#4(Qualifier: I know very little about planes or the background of this case) If the part found was a last minute patch, I'd guess that the patch wasn't properly attached, so came off in flight; then the plane crashed as a result of losing the patch. Otherwise, what are the chances of that being the only piece found...
That's the first thought that springs to mind, but not necessarily the case. Aircraft from that era were quite solid and they did not have a pressurized hull. The Lockheed Electra and other similar aircraft from the same era flew in wartime operations and regularly came back full of holes. A single window broken cover should not bring an otherwise sound 1930s era aircraft down.
Exactly correct. There is no way a missing window would bring down the plane, especially the back window, unless by some freak accident the patch damaged a control surface on the tail by breaking free. One can think of an almost limitless list of more likely hypotheses.
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#5Clearly after becoming a castaway Earhart learned to fight and became a ninja. She managed to get of the Island, and when she returned she became a bad-ass vigilante. She didn't tell anyone she came back because that would have made it more likely that her secret identity would be discovered.
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#6Clearly after becoming a castaway Earhart learned to fight and became a ninja. She managed to get of the Island, and when she returned she became a bad-ass vigilante. She didn't tell anyone she came back because that would have made it more likely that her secret identity would be discovered.
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#7It is funny that he is pretending to have only realized what this patch "is" as there were claims from TIGHAR several years ago that this piece of metal could be that patch. As I commented on another article, yesterday, I am highly skeptical of any of their claims as they seem to draw highly fanciful conclusions from very little evidence.
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#8(Qualifier: I know very little about planes or the background of this case) If the part found was a last minute patch, I'd guess that the patch wasn't properly attached, so came off in flight; then the plane crashed as a result of losing the patch. Otherwise, what are the chances of that being the only piece found...
Planes could take a lot of beating and still fly. Grandfather flew a bomber in World War 2 and planes would come back with hundreds of holes. Losing a patch should not have brought down the plane. A modern airline, yes, it could have a much bigger effect. Pressurized hulls, electronic flight systems etc are more fragile.
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#9Is there even a legit/documented chain of custody on the metal patch?
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#10(Qualifier: I know very little about planes or the background of this case) If the part found was a last minute patch, I'd guess that the patch wasn't properly attached, so came off in flight; then the plane crashed as a result of losing the patch. Otherwise, what are the chances of that being the only piece found...
Planes could take a lot of beating and still fly. Grandfather flew a bomber in World War 2 and planes would come back with hundreds of holes. Losing a patch should not have brought down the plane. A modern airline, yes, it could have a much bigger effect. Pressurized hulls, electronic flight systems etc are more fragile.
reminds of a HN favorite story, about how the study of bombers links up with work done today
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671172/how-a-story-from-world-w...