Airbus launches "Sharklet" wingtip devices for A320

[singveld]

you should watch the Nat Geo documentary....there was an investigation that there's a faulty tail rudder controls that caused the plane to roll over and plunged...

yeah, there was a fault with tail rudder, after the pilot switch off the flight recorder, oh i know you cannot see the truth, that why you need a old book to teach you.

 

[pia]

Read the message fully.
Airbus is even offering retro kits to fit on existing 320 with winglets.
( They just gave the name sharklet - to differentiate and also
the design is learnt from studying nature - shark fin dynamics )

Not a marketing gimmick.
It has benefits as stated by Airbus.

Nobody play the fool with aircraft design.
Especially commercial passenger aircraft with FAA approval and what not.

Sorry, where does it say retro-fit in the message? I see only forward-fit in the article. Retrofitting this winglet may not have FAA approval.

I'm saying marketing gimmick becos I believe it's a Boeing design given a twist (bigger and name), and like other bros say.. nothing new.

 

[hairylee]

silkair? are saf pilot commit suicide.
flight 006 are FT pilot who use the wrong runway.

what the fxxk is it going to do with boeing???

Silk Air pilot did not commit suicide. It has already been proven it is the rudder control that is at fault. The Silkair plane is not the only aircraft that gone down that way, there are other 737 that gone down in similar way.

 

[GoFlyKiteNow]

one question, when the engine power go off in air, due to failure , fire or fuel ran out,

when gliding, does the sharklet add drag , therefore reduce survivability?

will the sharklet increase instability, if the part of the plane control system damage, oh shit, fly by wire, meaning computer flying the plane, not the pilot.
is sharklet possible without fly by wire?

The winglet or sharklet..they are intended to give lift..not drag.
They enhance flight performance.
No, it does not decrease stability, in case control systems fail.
Fly by wire system is independent of winglet / sharklet features.
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What is a “Sharklet?” A Sharklet is simply Airbus’ new term for a “winglet.”
What’s a winglet? A winglet is a vertical wing-tip extension that improves the efficiency of an aircraft.

Airbus has chosen to use the term “Sharklet” as a blended winglet design on an
Airbus A320 has looks like a shark’s dorsal fin. Airbus may have also chosen the
term Sharklet as the winglets are being created by Aviation Partners, also known
as “Aviation Partners Boeing.“ As Boeing and Airbus are direct competitors,
I can understand why Airbus would seek to distance its self from using a
term associated with Boeing.
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[singveld]

another airbus crashed, i am not keeping tag, but all the recent air crashes airbus

Passenger plane crashes in hills near Pakistan capital
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool on the rescue efforts

A plane with more than 150 people on board has crashed in hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Officials said at least 90 bodies had been recovered and they do not think now that they will find any survivors.

Police said it was an Airblue flight from Karachi to Islamabad.

The plane came down in the Margalla Hills near the capital, and Pakistani TV showed images of smouldering wreckage on a foggy hillside, with helicopters overhead.


Thick plumes of smoke can be seen rising from the Margalla Hills that overlook the Pakistani capital.

Weather conditions in recent days have meant many flights have been cancelled, though this one was allowed to fly from Karachi, on what is a very popular route.

The skies here are heavily overcast, and at the time of the crash there was also a heavy monsoon rain and thick fog.
A huge rescue effort has been launched, and the army said it was sending special troops to help.

The plane, reported to be an Airbus A321 with 146 passengers and six crew on board, is thought to have left Karachi at 0750 (0350 GMT).

Officials said the plane, believed to be flight 202, lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing. It is not known what caused the crash.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at least five survivors had been taken to hospital, but local officials later said those reports were wrong.

Aamir Ali Ahmed, a senior city government official, told Reuters news agency: "It's a very difficult operation because of the rain. Most of the bodies are charred. We're sending body-bags via helicopters. We can pray and hope but what experts are saying is that there's no chance of any survivors."


Officials said rescuers searching for survivors were digging through the rubble with their bare hands. The crash site, on a steep hill, has no roads.

"A good number of rescue workers have reached the site," said Express 24/7 television journalist Sabur Ali Sayed from the scene. "Other people have reached here on their own. The plane is totally destroyed, the pieces and parts scattered over a large distance. Some parts of the plane are still burning. Some bushes have been burnt."

A large number of relatives are outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad's largest government-run hospital, says the BBC's Ahmed Raza.

Many of the relatives are crying, our correspondent says, and rush towards ambulances as they arrive. So far they have been waiting for over two hours, but no dead or injured have been brought to the hospital.

Airblue spokesman Raheel Ahmed told reporters that the crash was "an extremely tragic incident".

"Our first priority is to find the survivors," he said, adding that an investigation was being launched.