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Wing Panel Cracks Window While Jet Flies
Artorius Castus Blog ^
| 24 Mar 08
| AP
Posted on 03/24/2008 6:08:47 PM PDT by cardinal4
It was a scary ride aboard a U.S. Airways flight over the weekend.
Some passengers said they saw parts of their plane's wing come off in midair.
The plane took off from Orlando on Saturday. Officials at U.S. Airways said a small part of the wing came off and hit the plane while in flight.
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Im flying Usair tomorrow morning..
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:08:48 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:11:56 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
To: cardinal4
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:12:17 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: NonValueAdded
Thanks, Im in the industry. This is the first cracked passenger window I have heard of. Plenty of crack cockpit windshields, but never a pax window..
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:15:45 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
To: cardinal4
Wing Panel Cracks Window While Jet FliesWhadda they complaining about?! It got 'em there, didn't it?
To: cardinal4
Where’s the William Shatner pic?
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:24:57 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: cardinal4
>>Im flying Usair tomorrow morning.<<
It should be fixed by then. And I wouldn’t worry. All my duct tape repairs last more than two days.
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:25:35 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(I'm confused. I mean, I THINK I am, but I'm not sure. But I could be wrong about that.)
To: the invisib1e hand
>>Whadda they complaining about?! It got ‘em there, didn’t it?<<
They were probably whining about the coffee being cold too. You can get it to boil pretty fast at 30,000 ft atmosphere. It gets hard to “suck” it down though, assuming your conscious.
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:27:11 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(I'm confused. I mean, I THINK I am, but I'm not sure. But I could be wrong about that.)
To: cardinal4
I've seen cracks in the "outer" pane before. More than once, actually. But you know, I really hate it when
"parts of their plane's wing come off in midair."
IT'S JUST SO IRRITATING!
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:28:29 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(heres the thing; do recognize the bell of truth when you here it ring, c'mon and sing it children)
To: cardinal4
Why do you think they named it Boing.
To: RobRoy
All my duct tape repairs last more than two days.We prefer to call it speed tape..
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:32:17 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
To: cardinal4
Plenty of cracked cockpit windshields, but never a pax window..
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:41:09 PM PDT
by
B-Cause
(Opportunity knocks on your door every day -- answer it!)
To: cardinal4
>>We prefer to call it speed tape..<<
:)
Well, just make sure the “front” of it is folded down behind something...
How many layers of “speed tape” do you put on a cracked window to make sure it keeps the plane pressurized. I figure four layers, crisscrossed.
Just curious. ;)
Needless to say, the pasenger in the window seat should get a discount for the damaged view.
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posted on
03/24/2008 6:49:53 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(I'm confused. I mean, I THINK I am, but I'm not sure. But I could be wrong about that.)
To: cardinal4
More stories that will keep me out of the air.
I loved flying :(
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:16:24 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: cardinal4
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:19:54 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(McCain has yet to give conservatives a reason to vote for him)
To: cardinal4
Bring some of this.
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:20:44 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: ThomasThomas
Why do you think they named it Boing. What a terrible joke. I love it.
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:31:08 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad; cardinal4; Paleo Conservative; Ezekiel; aculeus; Billthedrill; AnAmericanMother
Where’s the William Shatner pic?Gremlin at work here too.
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:40:44 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: B-Cause
We had just taken delivery of a new aircraft, and one of VP’s was signing off our FAA Inspector in the type. The Fed was in the right seat and was flying the leg. This thing had just been weighed, so it hadnt flown revenue yet. Inside the marker, they smacked a goose on the leading edge. It pushed the damn thing in about 7 inches. They pulled it up to hangar, and there was half the goose still stuck in the wing and blood and avian remains all over the fuse near the root. We needed a new wing.The Fed has never lived it down..
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:43:19 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
To: RobRoy
Well, I have seen speed tape coming loose and flapping hard on the windshield enough to cause a diversion and a windhield change..
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posted on
03/24/2008 7:45:16 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
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