A330 cuts A321's fin off during taxi at Istanbul

[Condi]

eezeh said:

Krikkit said:

I'm sure it would've been easy enough for them to write it off, but that kind of repair I find fascinating from an engineering point of view - the fact that you can unpick sections of an airframe like that with enough cash and time is very entertaining watching.

Airframes are only riveted together, you can replace whole skin / structural sections.

Its still pretty impressive though. Same when they cut ships apart, either to lengthen them or replace an engine etc. I believe some subs have even had sections added.

[Ayahuasca]

dvs_dave said:

Ayahuasca said:

I was once in a B737 whose wingtip bashed into a neighbouring B737 whilst backing away from the gate. There was much unhappiness amongst the passengers and we made the pilot stop (he was just going to take off as if nothing had happened).

And where in the world with zero aviation safety standards did this highly unlikely scenario unfold?

Tocumen, Panama. They got an engineer to have a look at the wingtip, he said it was good to go. Some passengers got a bit protesty, the captain came out to say he had a family and didn't want to die either and that it was OK to carry on. We carried on.

[hidetheelephants]

Ayahuasca said:

dvs_dave said:

Ayahuasca said:

I was once in a B737 whose wingtip bashed into a neighbouring B737 whilst backing away from the gate. There was much unhappiness amongst the passengers and we made the pilot stop (he was just going to take off as if nothing had happened).

And where in the world with zero aviation safety standards did this highly unlikely scenario unfold?

Tocumen, Panama. They got an engineer to have a look at the wingtip, he said it was good to go. Some passengers got a bit protesty, the captain came out to say he had a family and didn't want to die either and that it was OK to carry on. We carried on.

No speed tape plastered over the damage? I are disapoint.