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Columbia's flight data recorder seems to confirm the hypothesis of demages during the take off
Washington, Usa - It has recorded unusual increase of the temperature of the left wing to the re-enter
The datas, supplied by Columbia's flight recorder, would seem to confirm the hypothesis that the Shuttle remained damaged during the launch, by the impact with the tank's insulating material. The new information about the dramatic re-enter of Columbia, exploded on February 1, show a temperature's increase in the left wing, since the first moments of the re-enter. The flight data recorder, that according...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 43219
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency