Sunday, March 18, 2007

Cough

Carbon fiber is an exceedingly cool construction material, and what Boeing is doing with it for its new 787 jetliner is amazing.

But have you ever thought about what happens to the carbon fiber in a catastrophic plane crash? According to a Boeing engineer I spoke with last year who seemed quite eager to expound on the subject, the carbon fiber explodes into a cloud of dust.

Something to think about.

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