Passengers revolt after being told to fly on jet with its wing tip missing

[banana republican]

An airline crew faced a rebellion when they told passengers they were going to fly on a jet that had lost its wing tip in a runway crash.

The SriLankan Airlines customers had been on the Airbus A340 a day earlier when it sliced through a wing of a stationary British Airways 747 at Heathrow, delaying departure by 24 hours.

So they were amazed to be boarding the same plane next day for the ten-hour flight to Colombo.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=491527&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5

uff da....

[jeff30997]

1. Holy shit !!!

That's insane !!!

[LakeSamish706]

2. Can you imagine that? Looking out the plane window and seeing...

5 feet of the wing missing... What the hell is that airline thinking anyway? (Bad question, cause they obviously weren't thinking)

[Eagle_Eye]

3. And the republicans will tell you big corporations can run things better than the government

[VP505]

4. A little bit

of duct tape and its as good as new.

[LakeSamish706]

6. lol.... Now that is probably the corporate attitude! n/t

[liberal renegade]

8. you forgot the baling wire.

[madeline_con]

5. "Safety is our absolute priority."

Riiiiight....

:yoiks:

[LakeSamish706]

10. "Hope you enjoyed your flight and will fly with us again real soon"! n/t

[Kingshakabobo]

7. Meh, 747s have flown for years without those added tips.

Those things were added to cut down the effect of "wingtip vortices" that tends to cause drag and subsequent loss in fuel economy.

That said, I would hope they checked for other possible structural damage.

[treestar]

14. I thought so, since the pilot would hardly fly if he/she thought it

was dangerous.

Though I still wouldn't like it. I'm a white knuckle flier.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

9. c'mon

a little bit of paint and its just as new... (and if not you won't get to tell someone he he

joke aside..oO

[LakeSamish706]

11. I wonder if they gave them any kind of reduction in the fair for being only 1/2 a plane? n/t

[gateley]

12. I'm interested to know if the plane eventually did take off - and how the flight was. nt

[DCKit]

13. Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

When I clicked on the link, I was SURE it was an American airline.

It's good to know our system isn't the only one that has gone completely insane.

[treestar]

15. As long as there are no terrorists on a plane

I mean, everybody took off their shoes, right? And is not on the no fly list? No problem. :sarcasm:

[HooptieWagon]

16. One word

Bondo.

[ellenfl]

17. but it could only fly in circles, right? eom

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. Sounds like a bad Twilight Zone episode

:scared:

[opihimoimoi]

19. Duct tape was the answer