Budget airline Ryanair had a little midair emergency when the tape (thought to be duct tape) used to patch up the pilot’s window came unstuck.Ooh ah. Some of the 200 passengers saw the ground crew whack the tape around the edge of the windowscreen before take-off. About 20 minutes into the flight from London to Latvia the tape came loose and began making a “disturbing” sound. A spokesman for Ryanair said, “We do not comment on routine technical issues. All Ryanair flights operate in accordance with approved safety standards.” Hmm, that episode of Air Crash Investigation would have been a hoot!
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My recent USA trip I boarded a Continental flight from Boston to Newark. While sitting on the tarmac all ready for take of an unbelievable amount of water came leaking into the cabin from between the overhead luggage compartments. The cabin crew where frantically trying to stop the flow from wetting the strapped in passengers beneath. The pilot came on the intercom announcing that we had a crack in the fuselage and the heavy rain outside was coming into the cabin. The ground engineers had to check the problem before deciding to take of… moments later the pilot came on again announcing our departure and that the crack would mend itself ones the cabin became pressurized and expanded the fuselage. His final words where … So sit back, relax and enjoy the flight….Next
You actually stayed on for the flight? Eeeek!
Tsk, tsk FF, Mega was the reason for the crack in the fuselage
I find duct tape and hot melt glue come in quite handy building rockets. Of course I use only NASA approved duct tape.