Submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.
That’s a pretty old plane last produced in 2004.
Eh, idk if plane age really matters. They are completely disassembled and reassembled per standard every year to ensure that they are good to go.
Student planes are like 1960s, give or take.
But also, even though they’re older, they’re still loved by pilots and are good in difficult conditions because they’re pretty over-engined
Boeing please stop picking Gremlins as the in flight movie
Shows ‘Twilight zone: the movie’ instead.
Or the original Shatner episode.
“There’s something… on the wing!”
This is more on the airline not doing their maintenance
Where does it say that the airline didn’t send the plane for maintenance.
Airlines don’t do their own maintenance, they send them back to Boeing.
“Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this,” user octopus_hug wrote. "How panicked should I be? Do I need to tell a flight crew member?
Holy shit, redditors are a special breed. Yes, you should probably tell someone.
I should go and find the comment.
the last time I was on an airplane was december 31, 2000.
nothing since that time has encouraged me to break that boycott.
Flying sucks, but not seeing the world sucks more.
I was about to say. There’s a million concerns over environmental and economic effects (that I’ll own up to ignoring when visiting family or exploring), but safety is still wayyy down the list. The statistic about being 20x more likely to die in a car crash on the way to the airport than the flight itself still holds very firmly true (and I’m being SUPER conservative about those numbers in case recent events tilt it, it’s still a ~800x per-mile ratio).
I respect the principles.
United Airlines - our planes are decrepit but at least the pretzels are… stale!
This is so good. So many layers in that one joke.
More details here: avherald.com/h?article=51530e9d&opt=0
Boeing: Amtrak of the Skies. We’ll probably get you there safely.
That’s why oanss have two wings, duh. for redundant sea.
Redundant sea, right next to the north sea obviously!
Well with that wing is the sea you get at some point in the future.
lol fuck I am pretty sure I’ve been a passenger on that tail number more than a few times
filister@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Damn, imagine working in the marketing department of Boeing.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.”
saltesc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ll be there for youuu
When the plane starts to stall
I’ll be there for youuu
When the wing is no more
I’ll be there for youuu
To state the claims are untruuu-uuue
j4k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Didn’t they cut all of those jobs recently? Wait. No. That was all their 900 QC door bolt retention confirmers that were ‘unnecessary’
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Repeat after me:
“Everything’s fine. Nothing to see here. Move along.”