737 had a screw loose

[Ayahuasca]

Flying to somewhere the other day I happened to notice what appeared to be a loose bolt sticking out of the starboard wing. Any ideas what it is?

[Defcon5]

Did you notice it mid air? Could have caused quite a stir had you broadcast your observation to the whole cabin

[Ayahuasca]

Mid air but quite near to landing, so I just mentioned it to the cabin crew on exiting and they called the captain. He looked at the pic and said he would get an engineer to check it out.

[Eric Mc]

Was the aeroplane in a steep vertical climb?

[Wobbegong]

No, he had a stewardess straddling him

[Jamesgt]

Looks like a blob of grease to me but I'm looking on the phone so its blurry.

[eharding]

Ayahuasca said:

Flying to somewhere the other day I happened to notice what appeared to be a loose bolt sticking out of the starboard wing. Any ideas what it is?

Landing gear indicator pin? - we have these on the Yak (out of 12 gear indicator bulbs, chances are at least one of them will have blown...), but never heard of them on a 737. Think DC10s used to have them though.

[Jamesgt]

It's just a screw sticking up. This panel has that problem. Chances are there will be a couple of others in that panel which aren't so obvious. Quick whack with a big hammer will stick it back down.

[G600]

Jamesgt said:

It's just a screw sticking up. This panel has that problem. Chances are there will be a couple of others in that panel which aren't so obvious. Quick whack with a big hammer will stick it back down.

Yeah this, nothing to worry about really, although I prefer the screwdriver method personally, fewer anchor nuts to replace that way

[Simpo Two]

Could've been worse...

[Sylvaforever]

what is that?

[sherman]

Picture of a faraday cage (sp)

[Countdown]

Episode from the Twilight Zone..

[Simpo Two]

Yep! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZMv3-Ahx1U

[RCBRG]

often you would be allowed 10% of the screws missing (location dependant) so nothing to worry about

[nessiemac]

RCBRG said:

often you would be allowed 10% of the screws missing (location dependant) so nothing to worry about

10%??? What airline do you work for?

[Soov535]

RCBRG said:

often you would be allowed 10% of the screws missing (location dependant) so nothing to worry about

[Trevatanus]

nessiemac said:

RCBRG said:

often you would be allowed 10% of the screws missing (location dependant) so nothing to worry about

10%??? What airline do you work for?

Air France...

[Munter]

RCBRG said:

often you would be allowed 10% of the screws missing (location dependant) so nothing to worry about

Are we still talking about the wing or the mental state of the crew?

[Simpo Two]

Maybe they put in 10% too many to start with, to allow for 10% falling out?