Evacuation slide falls from jet, lands in yard; no one hurt (Milton, MA)

AP ^ | 12/2/19 | Anonymous

[ProtectOurFreedom]

A Delta Air Lines spokeswoman tells the Boston Herald that the uninflated slide fell from a flight from Paris to Boston around noon Sunday.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot reported a loud noise as the plane approached Logan Airport and landed safely.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

So the plane flies all the way from Paris to Boston with the slide flapping in the wind and it finally falls off when it reaches its destination?

[SkyDancer]

Would have sounded like someone outside wanting to come back in after a cigarette break. There’s a light on the panel that shows deployed.

[Blueflag]

HOW is this physically possible?

these are attached to the doors on the INSIDE, and in overhead compartments?

[buckalfa]

Aloha Snackbar gone awry?

[Kickass Conservative]

Heck of a Pool Toy.

[dblshot]

All I need is a hose and a hill. Hold ma beer.

[taxcontrol]

... That is what those screws were for!

[tomkat]

Free bouncy toy .. Merry Christmas, kiddies   :-))

[Andy'smom]

At least it was a slide and not another body that fell in Milton.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-found-dead-near-boston-likely-fell-from-plane

[Alas Babylon!]

Wenhan Huang... Nice New England name.

It was his cousin, Som Ting Wong who saw it fall. His other cousin, Ho Lee Phuk yelled out a warning to the neighbor lady.

[libertylover]

HOW is this physically possible? … these are attached to the doors on the INSIDE, and in overhead compartments?

Beware of what Bubba can do to your system. If you report three problems to Bubba, he'll fix one, leave one, and create one.

[Thud]

I was in high school in 1965 when a Boeing 707 taking off from SFO bombed San Bruno with one of its engines. We heard the boom when the engine hit. The 707 lost all of the outboard wing down to the engine mount, but landed safely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_843

[Hegemony Cricket]

If a slide falls in my yard, I’m keeping it.

[bgill]

Woo hoo! Santa came early!!!

How’d the slide get from inside the plane to outside?

[OA5599]

HOW is this physically possible? these are attached to the doors on the INSIDE, and in overhead compartments?

The over-wing exit slides on many planes are not inside doors. They deploy from external panels.

[Blueflag]

Good point - and those are BIG.

[polymuser]

Pics show it wasn’t fully unrolled, with no apparent damage. So, it must’ve popped out over their yard on approach at slower speed.

But - how’s that happen without a door opened?

[polymuser]

Ahh...in an external panel. Didn’t read all comments, doh.

[Oatka]

At least it was a slide and not another body that fell in Milton.

In looking through a WWI photo book, I saw a Holy Crap shot of a group of soldiers standing around a human "gingerbread man" like impression in the ground. The cutline said it was a German Zeppelin crew member who bailed sans chute when the airship caught fire.

In another book it mentioned that the airship crews and fighter pilots flew with no chutes on board due to the extra weight. They must have clanked when they walked.

[Oatka]

Shoulda looked first: