TRANS Boeing 757-200 forced to divert to Denver after a chunk of the wing came off mid-flight.

[bw]

Whatever that part is it must be an easy repair, the plane was back int eh air 2.5 hours latter.

Got a source for that? It might take that to replace the slat, but it's a way bigger job to repair the damage underneath. I'm skeptical.

 

[Macgyver]

Got a source for that? It might take that to replace the slat, but it's a way bigger job to repair the damage underneath. I'm skeptical.

Go to my post 12 and git the flight aware link and you can see it leaving Denver.

 

[bw]

Go to my post 12 and git the flight aware link and you can see it leaving Denver.

May have been on its way to a maintenance facility, crew only. The damage to the wing was not fixed in a couple hours. Or maybe they put it back in service like that. Not a comforting thought.

 

[Macgyver]

May have been on its way to a maintenance facility, crew only. The damage to the wing was not fixed in a couple hours.

That shows it going from Denver (the emergency stop) on to Boston (it's original destination)

 

[Shadow]

I had a friend who flew in WWII. He said it is amazing how much can be shot off of a plane, an engine, a flap, part of a wing, a horizontal stabilizer on one side, part of the vertical stab and holes all over what have you. And the planes make it back and land.

Shadow

 

[bw]

That shows it going from Denver (the emergency stop) on to Boston (it's original destination)

So they're just letting it go. Great. It's not major damage, but it reminds me of JAL 123 - run it until it blows apart.

 

[poppy]

May have been on its way to a maintenance facility, crew only. The damage to the wing was not fixed in a couple hours. Or maybe they put it back in service like that. Not a comforting thought.

Super Glue dries very quickly.

 

[WOS]

Where there's the will, there is always a way....

 

[wobble]

Where there's the will, there is always a way....


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LOL..

I did that in a Piper Cub when we got pummeled with huge hail stones.
Landed in a corn field and taped it up and flew home..around 1971-72

 

[bw]

There was a bush pilot whose plane was attacked by a bear.

 

[WOS]

There was a bush pilot whose plane was attacked by a bear.

I have to say that is some serious duct tape fix-it going on there.... I'm impressed.

 

[Wildweasel]

Whatever that part is it must be an easy repair, the plane was back int eh air 2.5 hours latter.

Replace the slat section.

 

[bw]

Replace the slat section.

The metal under the slat was dented significantly. The question is just what that denting might mean.

 

[Ractivist]

I'd say bird strike at some point that likely deteriorated further over time. Not bad, as such things go. Seemed the aluminum behind it was crinkled a bit as well.