Aircraft Accident Investigation Report No. ACCID01/06
Aircraft Accident Investigation Report No. ACCID01/06
Aircraft Accident Investigation Report No. ACCID01/06
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1.11. Flight Recorders<br />
During the time of the accident, as both of the engines have not been<br />
started, all the recorders including flight data recorder, cockpit voice<br />
recorder and the QAR, were not recording.<br />
1.12. Wreckage and Impact Information<br />
<strong>No</strong>t Applicable<br />
1.13. Medical and Pathological Information<br />
<strong>No</strong>t Applicable<br />
1.14. Fire<br />
<strong>No</strong>t Applicable<br />
1.15. Survival Aspects<br />
<strong>No</strong>t Applicable<br />
1.16. Test and Research<br />
After the accident, the Civil Aviation Authority-Macao, China, has<br />
instructed Menzies Macau Airport Services to approach CityU<br />
Professional Services Ltd for metallurgical analysis of the damaged towbar.<br />
The study included a sit investigation, materials examination of the towbar<br />
head assembly material and the bolt material using a stereomicroscope and<br />
a scanning electron microscope(SEM). Tensile tests were also carried out<br />
to determine the tensile properties of the plates in the head assembly, and<br />
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