jpg@sdchema.UUCP (Jerry Greenberg) (02/23/85)
Does anyone out there have any information or know where to obtain it on the recent incident where a China Airlines 747 dropped 30000 feet before recovering? It seemed to me that the press accounts were insuficient and contradictory. Is this related to "jet upset"(as one book put it) which occurs near mach 1? I read that old jets like the 707 were especially vulnerable to this whereas all wide body wings were designed to prevent this. Please forgive any errors in the above statements. Until I find the time (and , I confess, the courage) I will remain an armchair pilot. Jerry Greenberg