Posted on 06/22/2024 7:04:56 AM PDT by libh8er
Photos show a dented central window pane with cracks in multiple areas but the cause of the damage has left investigators scratching their heads.
The crack in the four-layer thick glass left cockpit crew terrified as the plane made its transatlantic voyage.
The incident occurred three hours into the flight as the jet flew between Greenland and Iceland and forced Virgin Flight VS41 to make a U-turn and fly back to the UK on May 27.
Experts have said that the plane's altitude meant it could not have hit a bird and no immediate other course have been highlighted but temperatures outside the aircraft were -50 degrees Celsius.
Despite the huge crack, pilots tried to calm fears that the cabin had suffered from any decompression and the airline apologised to passengers.
Following the return to the UK, travellers were offered accommodation and were able to fly to San Francisco the following day The Sun reported.
The terrifying crack is the latest issue to plague the already troubled Boeing manufacturer.
Earlier this month a passenger jet carrying 163 passengers and nine crew cleared the end of a runway by just ten feet after a software glitch allowed it to take off using too little power.
The TUI Boeing 737-800 was taking off from Bristol Airport's 1.2-mile runway 9 to Gran Canaria on March 4 when it struggled to take off.
The 15-year-old jet eventually managed to get airborne but passed over the nearby A38 road at less than 100 feet before making its way to the sunny island.
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This is turning into an Air us campaign on the part of British tabloids. Dont confuse yourself and believe that the Brit’s wouldn’t do this.
Boeing’s DEI in there somewhere. Check out some of their chief operating officers.
Maintenance done by people without licenses ….. Is commonplace nowadays.
And someone on this forum just yesterday told me I “had nothing to worry about when it comes to Boeing planes.”
That's the kind of thing that happens when gov't unconstitutionally meddles in and takes over The Free Market Economy.
People think the gov't in charge will make things safer. Aside from military defense, gov't meddling in our economy and lives makes things worse.
Big individual freedom and small gov't thrives. Big gov't and small individual freedom is a disaster.
I went and looked it up, an airplane window is about an inch thick.
Did a Boeing dump truck throw a rock and crack the windshield?
Hit by something at 40,000 ft?
It came from outer space!
For whom it may concern, I'm not whistle-blowing on Boeing and I'm not suicidal.
It’s turnin’ into an “Atlas Shrugged” kinda world, isn’t it?
Ayn Rand was an atheist, but as it turns out, she wrote one of the most prophetic books ever.
The exact same thing happened to me when flying a T-39 (with a General on board) years ago. We landed safely. So, yes, s**t happens, and it’s not always associated with Boeing.
I can just imagine the in-flight announcement over the P.A. after that crack suddenly developed:
"G-g-good-dd afternoon-nn, ladies and g-g-g-gentlem-m-men. Th-th-this is your c-c-captain speaking! Is there anyone onboard with a tube of Superglue or something that we could use to patch up a humungous crack in our front windshield? Also: I think I just crapped my pants!"
Regards,
Since it was dented, that indicates a collision with something. Meteorite or maybe satellite debris.
Maybe a bird strike.
Regards,
Are we to the point where we can’t manufacture planes decently in the US?
“Despite the huge crack, pilots tried to calm fears that the cabin had suffered from any decompression and the airline apologised to passengers.“
No clue what to make of this. More and more I’m reading news stories that seem written by a child or an idiot or were translated by software.
I think it could have been ice
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