NYC-bound flight canceled when passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing
NYC-bound flight canceled when passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing
“I’m a good flyer, but my partner was not loving the information I was telling her and starting to panic,” British traveler Phil Hardy said of the moment he spotted the missing fi…
A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff last week when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing.
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While its likely true that the wing panel was both non-critical and secure, I'd be much more worried that if they missed something like that, that they could have missed any number of other things as well. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of check-list run?
Pilots perform an inspection of the aircraft before every flight. Missing fasteners on the top of the wing would not be visible during a walkaround from the ground.
Planes are allowed to fly with many parts missing. A few missing fasteners on a non structural part is fine, but missing fasteners that the pilots are unaware of is a big issue.
Shouldn't that inspection include looking at the top of the wing out the windows?
There isn’t much on top of the wing that is highly critical. Some planes you can’t even see the top from anywhere in the plane too. An actual issue like leaking fluids or damaged flight control surfaces are visible from the bottom. Something like a few missing fasteners really isn’t t that alarming. I’ve flown plenty of times with some missing, sometimes speed taped and sometimes both the first few times I asked the crew chief but eventually I became familiar with where and how many missing weren’t an issue.
I’ve flown plenty of times with some kissing
How about heavy petting?
Does it lead to ducking?
Trouble. And seat wetting.
Only for transonic people.
#MachTuck
35 people have died in commercial airline crashes in the last 10 years. (U.S. numbers) That number is higher than we want it but being that there are ~45,000 flights a day. That would mean about 164,250,000 flights over a 10 year period. I'm going to say the flight checks are doing pretty well.
Sadly, I doubt there has been many days in the last 10 years that hasn't had 35+ deaths in car accidents. Averaging ~115 a day.