The theory is this is happening because of DEI hiring.
That’s partly true, but it’s mostly that people do not care anymore and take zero pride in their work, even if they are technically qualified.
Subconsciously, or even consciously, people hate people.
I quit flying shortly after tsa was established. My titanium knee invited ball sack and cavity searches. F#ck ’em.
FJB
thanks BFH…. I’m sitting in a southwest 737max at st louis Airport looking out the window at the wing right now waiting for takeoff. wish me luck everybody…
If itβs Boeing, I ainβt going. Actually, Iβm with Cracker: I have zero interest in flying anywhere.
Ok… That’s the inboard leading edge slat, not the wing itself. It only deploys during low speed conditions to lower stall speed. If it fails you can land with it retracted at higher speed, with a longer rollout. But the real question remains, why is it crumbling? It’s looks like it’s made of composite filled with foam, which wouldn’t take much to tear apart. I would have expected some aluminum on the upper surface.
I flew a lot in my career and less after 911. TSA rudeness and discrimination (robe-wearing muzloids got a pass) expanded my driving circumference. Now we drive to Florida!
Check this shit out: In the time is takes the TSA to search this triple amputee Purple Heart Veteran, hundreds of Illegals cross the border encouraged, enabled and paid for by this administration!
https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2019/02/10/9041795308443252842/640x360_MP4_9041795308443252842.mp4
Impact from a bird (no blood) or a PITA drone.
Looks like mechanical damage to me. And like mentioned above, not critical for safety of flight.
Looks like a honeycomb composite. Extremely strong and very light. This failure is caused by water intrusion. Trapped water then freezes at altitude, degrading honeycomb structure, making room for more water, causing more damage from freezing. Easy to detect, easy to repair.
The WOMAN in chargw of Boeing’s 737 program was finally fired.
We don’t even build boats with garbage like that, if we did we’d been out of business 30yrs ago.
Wylie1
WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2024, 19:13 AT 7:13 PM
for the win!
Yep. This can and does happen. Undetected water absorbtion, freeze/thaw cycles, until the last straw. And as explained, not ideal, but not some OMG event either.
Those look like Broom Stickle Scratches.
Was Pelosi aloft at that time?
Could you image that?
Pelosi on a broom
Outside a flying plane
Eerie
twilight zone episode
Behold, You are witnessing @ year 63 or so of the development of Idiocracy.
We get to personally see, and live through, the breakdown of civilization one day at a time. Talk about a slow motion train wreck. 400 years from now avalanches from the trash piles will kill people and be a 5 second mention on the news.
I Predicted Dat, A
First, they forgot how to build planes. But that was OK because AI could build them. Then AI forgot how to build planes, so they stopped flying. Later, they realized that flying was impossible and no one had ever flown.
Somebody here said the following before
“You’ll Believe A Man Can Fly”
Check the Record Book
What does it mean?
Must be made from the same stuff that submarine was made from.
Yep, I saw this on a trans-Atlantic flight about half way across the Atlantic about 15 years ago. The flight was one of the smoothest non-event flight I ever had. Multi-level redundancy makes minor screw ups non-issues.
I will investigate right after Chasten unlocks his jawβ¦
Thereβs some- – -thing on the wing.
In case you just started following IOTW yesterday and didn’t know what I do for a living, I machine precision replacement parts for military air frames. The part shown is not a machines part, it’s a fab parts. Sheet metal. The thin sheet metal part on the outside of that assembly is referred to as a skin. A fairly demanding sheet metal part. The inner section that looks like foam is exactly that. These parts have zero structural responsibility. You could wreck one by leaning against it. However they are very important for aero. Very important.
This looks like a bird strike to me.
A little duct tape and she’ll be like new.
At Brad
No Way on the bird strike
Not leading edge airstream
You ain’t aerodynamic
Your Heavy Metal
Proto Copy, no, you are mistaken.
Proto Copy
If you knew your shit the first thing you would have done is agree with my assessment of the parts. Instead you attacked my limited expertise. At this point in time you’re just beating your chest trying to diminish my opinion. I’m so tired of beta males I could shit twinkies.
“Not leading edge airstream”
Please explain to me in a civil manner what you mean by that.
I made it home ok. wings held together this flight! phew!
Brads Dessert Storm Kicks
You’re a TANK
“Brads Dessert Storm Kicks
Youβre a TANK”
Is it just me, or, ah shit never mind. I just hope to God this guys a Libtard Troll and not suppose to be one of us. When shit goes bad he gets shot first if he is.
Erik
Long day. I’m beat, BUT, Erik is right, what’s his name is wrong. I’ve had the opportunity to watch airflow over a wing, an airfoil, with an approaching bird. They get pushed off the leading edge and get pushed up and over and impact just about exactly where the damage is in the movie. Asta la bye bye.
Birds go just about anywhere. Forecastle. Aftercastle. Engine(s), center, larboard, port. Wings. Even in the pedals. In the guns. In the tiller.
what’s next, uncommanded slat retraction & wing stall? see 1979 crash at/near o’hare
avoid totally stupid a**holes & flying toilet-paper rolls