Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.

  • mp2@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    They are absolutely not “completely disassembled every year.” Where do you people come up with this stuff?

    • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      My FBO/CFIs said that they teardown the airplanes every annual to every nut and bolt. I applied that and assumed that meant the big ones, too.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      They’re just plain facts. Did you know that the pilots each have to take a shit before they board? The airlines force them to do it, to conserve on fuel.