Posted on 02/26/2019 9:32:20 AM PST by LucyT
A Chinese airline is reportedly pressing charges against a passenger who threw coins at a plane engine ahead of a recent flight for "good luck."
The man’s actions allegedly caused roughly $21,000 in damages and delayed travel plans for 160-plus passengers, who were forced to wait until the following day to fly out.
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There goes his “social score”.
I’ll never forget waiting in line at a deli while a chinese family was arguing - Far too long - that they only wanted 2 pounds of Lobster.
It was the most amazing thing ever. The whole line was actually silent while this moron just kept saying he didn’t want the whole thing, just 2 pounds.
I’ve seen more stupid stuff from asians than smart stuff.
How did you know that?
I read it here on FR back in June.
I think these were two separate incidents.
It wasn't in the engine. I found this, but I'd like to know more about this publication. If true, as usual, a whole series of silly mistakes contributed. ALLEGEDLY:
http://www.askthepilot.com/untold-concorde-story/
I've only seen them used during ground engine runs during maintenance.
False. The engines are wrecked after the turkeys go through them.
Geese cause problems all the time.
From that article:
"Eight of the coins missed their target but one nestled inside an engine, airport police said, adding that a passenger spotted her and reported it to authorities."
I wonder how many times this sort of thing happens...and nobody notices it/reports it?
Those who investigate jet engine failures might want to add looking into whether "lucky" coins were a contributing factor.
When I was in the Navy there was an incident on a carrier where planes were having unexplained FOD damage. It turns out there was a cook tapeing pennies to the back of the fan blades.
No screens.
I did a large project out on the runways and taxiways at a major airport. At night so it was dark. Main thing was to be ready to move when the call came over the radio that a plane was landing.
Almost as important was making sure we didn’t drop anything or leave something behind. Of course it being dark made it more difficult.
A friend was on a small bush plane and the pilot loaded all of the gear (almost to weight capacity). During loading the rear of the plane was too heavy and it tilted back and the tail hit the ground.
No visible exterior damage, and they moved the now shifted load farther to the front and tied it down.
On take-off, they got off the ground and started climbing. And kept climbing. And kept climbing. Somehow the pilot was able to land it safely. When the cargo had shifted it had damaged the cables or something to do with the ailerons (?), and they had stuck in the take-off position.
I mean - it was all operator error I guess, but still a bunch of errors that almost combined to kill them. (From the movies - don't they always check their flaps as they are taxiing?). Who knows what one other little error might have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
Also are the passengers allowed to get that close to the engines in China?
But it wasn’t an act of vandalism. It was the man’s belief that this would bring luck. You have to “be” in that culture for a while to understand it. It is more an education problem than a vandalism problem. Might as well jail this guy for being stupid. (Jails will fill up pretty quick if that’s the law).
Russian military aircraft foreign-object-damage prevention systems...
Chanute AFB had/has museum of things sucked thru engines
Mach 5 plus inter-cooler for hybrid turbo-rocket intake.
https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.11.010
It’s know in aviation as FOD, foreign object damage.
Can you say, “corn cob”?
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