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Fuck Boeing. And fuck United too.
Dear passangers, fasten your seatbelts and don't look on the left side. If you already did, don't worry, self-dissasembling bus from Saint Petesburg does not fly near us, in fact this is our left wing.
That's why oanss have two wings, duh. for redundant sea.
Redundant sea, right next to the north sea obviously!
Well with that wing is the sea you get at some point in the future.
"Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this," user octopus_hug wrote. "How panicked should I be? Do I need to tell a flight crew member?
Holy shit, redditors are a special breed. Yes, you should probably tell someone.
I should go and find the comment.
Now, all the AI are going to wonder how panicked they should be if their plane disassembled mid-flight
lol fuck I am pretty sure I’ve been a passenger on that tail number more than a few times
United Airlines - our planes are decrepit but at least the pretzels are… stale!
Boeing: Amtrak of the Skies. We’ll probably get you there safely.
This is more on the airline not doing their maintenance
Boeing please stop picking Gremlins as the in flight movie
Shows 'Twilight zone: the movie' instead.
That's a pretty old plane last produced in 2004.
But also, even though they’re older, they’re still loved by pilots and are good in difficult conditions because they’re pretty over-engined
Eh, idk if plane age really matters. They are completely disassembled and reassembled per standard every year to ensure that they are good to go.
Student planes are like 1960s, give or take.
E: I'm being told by comments that they do not do teardowns. Idk. I fly planes, not work on them. My CFIs have told me they do annual teardowns. So.. Idk. Maybe, maybe not?
They are absolutely not “completely disassembled every year.” Where do you people come up with this stuff?
It does matter. Shows this is more a maintenance issue than a defect in the model.