Womble@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoffwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1727arrow-down1external-linkNose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoffwww.theguardian.comWomble@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up221arrow-down2·10 months agothe front fell off, you say?
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up104arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s not supposed to do that?
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 months agoHopefully they towed it out of the environment.
minus-squarewerefreeatlast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoFreddie said he would have it up and running by tomorrow. He might need to do a quick repair and fly it to Seattle for parts for a final fix, but he’ll be here by tomorrow. He’s gonna be checking for alignment and camber.
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoA wave hit the plane?
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-210 months agoWaves (wind) in open air? Chance in a million!
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 months agosome of them are built so that the front doesn’t fall off at all.
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down8·10 months agoTo shreds, you say?
the front fell off, you say?
It’s not supposed to do that?
Oh it’s very unusual!
1 in a million chance?
Hopefully they towed it out of the environment.
Freddie said he would have it up and running by tomorrow. He might need to do a quick repair and fly it to Seattle for parts for a final fix, but he’ll be here by tomorrow. He’s gonna be checking for alignment and camber.
A wave hit it.
A wave hit the plane?
Waves (wind) in open air? Chance in a million!
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But the front fell off?
I’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.
some of them are built so that the front doesn’t fall off at all.
To shreds, you say?