Passengers flee from Russian jet after 'hole' is seen in engine

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 21 March 2012 | Simon Tomlinson

[smokingfrog]

It is not a sight you would wish to see as you prepare for a long flight.

But passengers on a Russian service from Moscow to the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk were left terror-struck when what appeared to be a hole in the engine was spotted.

The flight was delayed for a safety inspection - but took off two hours later, with the 'hole' still unplugged.

Twenty-seven passengers refused to fly, and disembarked from the plane ahead of its departure - and safe journey to Siberia.

The Boeing 737 was about to leave the Russian capital when the defect was reported to a member of the crew.

The captain thanked the eagle-eyed customer, but after being held for two hours, the Transaero jet prepared to depart again - with the 'problem' still unresolved.

[null and void]

The Russians don’t have duct tape???

[eastforker]

That’s 100mph tape, you need 500 MPH tape.

[wrench]

The hole wouldn’t have been in the engine. The engine cowling, perhaps. Would be like saying hail damaged your car engine, when in reality it was your hood that got dented.

Baggage cart most likely culprit to clobber a 737 engine cowl.

[driftdiver]

it was an inspection panel on top of the engine.

[mylife]

Thats what speed tape is for.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You've always wondered, haven't you? Now you know...

[mylife]

Meaner than cat ****!

[JRandomFreeper]

"If you want that panel to get as many flight hours as the rest of the aircraft, you better tighten the dzus fasteners".

I've seen an F-15 land with half a horizontal stab missing.

Sure, you want everything there, but they do tend to fly unless things go really, really badly (these days, anyway).

/johnny

[DUMBGRUNT]

'You can understand the passengers, but people also need to realize that pilots and flight attendants are not suicidal and would not roll with something that threatens their safety.'

When they are not intoxicated .

[smokingfrog]

Will it hold at 500 mph?

[TChad]

[Amberdawn]

Yep, and as such not a big deal but who can blame those who fly in Russia?

[iowamark]

Missing inspection panel. The plane can fly without it.

[doorgunner69]

Reminds me of a flight from LAX to Cabo San Lucas. Plane stopped somewhere along the way. Sitting baking in a thatch covered area, and watched Mexican mechanics (oxymoron, I know) wheel up a ladder and pop open the engine cover on one of the engine pods (Boeing ?27 with external tail engines) and begin to argue.

Time passes, and more Mexicans wheel up a welding cart. Welding commences, more arguing, and the pod is zipped up.

Back into the plane we go, with the Speedy Gonzales welding job hopefully good to go, whatever the hell he fixed. We made it obviously. At least US mechanics do that crap out of view of passengers............

[mylife]

Most likely.
It holds like glue at +55C and -26C.
It burnishes out completely flat.
Its tenacious.

[Ditter]

Years ago we laughed when we boarded a Mexican jet (Aero Mexico)in Houston to fly to Cozumel, because the nose of the plane had been covered with duct tape. When we boarded the same place a week later to fly home the nose of the plane had a fresh coat of paint but you could still see the strips of duct tape under the paint. I doubt if Aero Mexico is still in operation.

[smokingfrog]

I know I had a mental breakdown. I know I had it in an airplane. I know it looks to you as if the same thing is happening again, but it isn't. I'm sure, it isn't.

[smokingfrog]

There’s a youtube video of an Israeli F-15 landing with most all of one wing missing.

[JRandomFreeper]

I've seen that one.

It's a very good aircraft with a wonderful pilot (crazy barstids, God Love 'em).

/johnny