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Boeing planes are looking more and more like the avg American car

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A 737's CFM engine just chewed up some poor maintenance guy in ELP. That didn't make anything but the local the news, but this did?

Don't look at the pics, icky.
 
foghorn67 said:
A 737's CFM engine just chewed up some poor maintenance guy in ELP. That didn't make anything but the local the news, but this did?

Don't look at the pics, icky.
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Now that's a fast way of getting a haircut along with many other random medical procedures all done at the same time. 😱
 
Hey if this Boeing plane can make it, I'm not too worried about some small panel missing:

boeing-b-17-3.jpg
 
And while this is a painting, it's said to be an accurate representation of a Boeing B-17 that flew from Germany to England after a bombing run. It's the plane that the author of "A Higher Call" flew in.

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A panel falling off is a total non-issue. The 787 has had some problems but this isn't one of them.
 
Eureka said:
I'm wondering if the reason that we're seeing all these mishaps is because of increased news coverage.

I can't imagine that planes built in the 60s or 70s didn't have their fair share of random screw-ups. But what we have now is the internet and everyone's a reporter.
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In the 50,60,70, and 80s these mishaps were on the news in the form of a fatal crash that killed hundreds. This is all part of the teething process.
 
PottedMeat said:
would maintenance take off a panel like that on a <2 year old plane?
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Depends on what the panel covers. It looks to me like it leads to an area dealing with hydraulic lines and the gear. It looks to be removeable. So I can only assume at this point it was removed for normal maintenance and not properly put back on.
 
Genx87 said:
Depends on what the panel covers. It looks to me like it leads to an area dealing with hydraulic lines and the gear. It looks to be removeable. So I can only assume at this point it was removed for normal maintenance and not properly put back on.
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I would be looking around the mainentance area at the last departure airport. I bet the panel doesn't have a scratch on it.
 
LTC8K6 said:
Considerably more serious:

http://avherald.com/h?article=46a09b94&opt=0

Incident: Spirit A319 at Dallas on Oct 15th 2013, uncontained engine failure
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Not really. Since manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus don't make engines. They make the planes and then the customer (airlines like AA or JAL etc) chooses their engine configuration made by different vendors (Rolls Royce, Pratt and Whitney, GE etc). So if there's a problem with the engine, it's likely the plane manufacturer is not to blame.
 
Kaido said:
My grandpa was a gunner in the little glass ball underneath the plane in WWII...oh my gosh the pictures are insane D: One off google -

http://www.reddog1944.com/414th_Squadron_Tillan_Dancey_files/image088.jpg
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Your grandpa must have been short, but just like the plane had Balls of steel 😀

CPA said:
And while this is a painting, it's said to be an accurate representation of a Boeing B-17 that flew from Germany to England after a bombing run. It's the plane that the author of "A Higher Call" flew in.

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Mr. Charlie Brown. It just goes to show you how warriors of yesterday had honor and respected eachother, it's not so much anymore...

Hell in WWI Richthoven (the Red Baron) Died in a Civilian's arms in France after he was shot down...then the Allies held a full military honors funeral for him. They were truely celebrities back then.
 
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techs said:
It would make a nice coffee table. Someone probably took it home with them.
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Might show up on Ebay 🙂

Would be a cool purchase, I wonder what the legality of it would be since it was a found object that fell on your property.
 
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