Pages: [ 1 ] 2 Next All Go Down. Now open for postings. Would Wan Hu Flying Chair qualify as first reported mishap? As promised I've dug into Ariane V36 failure. And I've found some elements in that story that are even more disturbing than the cloth itself. Looks like the Murphy law had a pretty good day. The delay resulted in the satellite booking on V In the end the satellite survived an earthquake only to be lost on a rocket failure. More on this later.
As promised, the story of Ariane flight The explosion took place while the eight Viking engines operated at full thrust. It was Ariane 36th launch since and the 5th failure. The alert was given to Kourou to prevent a possible fallout of toxic gases.
Soon French legionaries were to the waist in the mud of the mangroves to find the pieces. Motor -D was found some days later. Analysis shows a loss of thrust in at least one engine caused the launcher to slowly veer off the nominal trajectory until aerodynamic forces led to a breakup.
A fire broke out on the defective PAL. Ariane control system tried to correct the issue by steering the other engines.
ELA-2 launch complex went on undamaged despite the launcher passing too close from the top - 3 meters instead of the usual 7 meters, with black marks found on top of the structure.
