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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 743507" data-attributes="member: 23950"><p>Ok, those planes are called combi's, and I found the incident :</p><p> </p><p>The test proved to the investigators that the design of the Boeing 747 Combi did not provide enough protection to the passengers. After the accident South African Airways discontinued use of the Combi. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Federal Aviation Administration</span></a> created new standards for the use of the Combi. Complying with these new standards would have required substantial weight increases, which made the 747 Combi economically non-viable.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295#cite_note-Fanning-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[4]</span></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295</a></p><p> </p><p>So, I guess all they did was put in new standards, making them basically impossible .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klein, post: 743507, member: 23950"] Ok, those planes are called combi's, and I found the incident : The test proved to the investigators that the design of the Boeing 747 Combi did not provide enough protection to the passengers. After the accident South African Airways discontinued use of the Combi. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration"][COLOR=#0645ad]Federal Aviation Administration[/COLOR][/URL] created new standards for the use of the Combi. Complying with these new standards would have required substantial weight increases, which made the 747 Combi economically non-viable.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295#cite_note-Fanning-3"][COLOR=#0645ad][4][/COLOR][/URL] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295[/URL] So, I guess all they did was put in new standards, making them basically impossible . [/QUOTE]
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