Talk:Turkish Airlines Flight 981

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The article for Charles de Gaulle Airport states that that airport opened on March 8, 1974. Yet this crash occurred on March 3 of that year, and the article states that it took off from CDG on that date. Could someone explain this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.212.81.20 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 28 December 2005 (UTC).

The aircraft departed Orly, according to the report and Job's book. --Charlene 22:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I have added a section referring to my wiki article on F.D."Dan" Applegate. Does anybody know what happened to Dan? His later career etc? Is he still with us? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ed@islandnet.com (talk • contribs) 10:45, 21 April 2006 (UTC).

I've tried to edit this so that things are in a bit better order. Some information was repeated; some didn't seem to show up in a logical order. I've kept the Applegate paragraph. Also, the report and Job's book are unanimous that the flight was out of Istanbul, not Ankara. --Charlene 22:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Was there an indicator window?

My uncle was an aircraft engineer and he told me about this crash several times. As he told the story, a "burly Turkish baggage handler" put his knee up on the handle to force it to turn. Normally the handle moved the bars that latched the door. The door was not closed properly, so the bars could not slide into their holes. When the baggage handler forced the handle, the bars bent, allowing him to turn the handle to the proper alignment. After this accident, a window was added so that the person turning the handle could see the bars.

The article says the indicator window was already there, which does not make sense. Perhaps it was part of the upgrade kit which Turkish Airlines had not yet installed. Also the article says "only a slight amount of extra force was required". I believe this is correct but misleading; this refers to a step after the step where he bent the bars. Bending the bars took much more force than usual.

I don't have any source materials, but sumbuddy who does should check this out. -- Randall Bart 19:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)