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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear

Postby expat » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:06 am

Is that a special panel where the hole is?

It doesn't look like it was caused by an outside factor, and there's no tearing of metal from the angle we can see.

Looks like an access panel of some kind popped open.



As far as I am aware there is no access paneling on the roof outside of antennas and not in that position. I will look "in the books" tonight at work to check. However, the hole and the flap do look a bit jagged.

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear

Postby ShaneG_old » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:13 am

Is that a special panel where the hole is?

It doesn't look like it was caused by an outside factor, and there's no tearing of metal from the angle we can see.

Looks like an access panel of some kind popped open.



As far as I am aware there is no access paneling on the roof outside of antennas and not in that position. I will look "in the books" tonight at work to check. However, the hole and the flap do look a bit jagged.

Matt



What you see as jagged, I was seeing a separate piece underneath the skin. :o ;)

Metal fatigue possibly? :-?
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby expat » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:20 am

Well, I check out the books and had a look too. We had an aircraft in the hanger last night and the office window is directly above it. No panel to report, so something went very wrong. For a piece of metal to blow out like that, well the weakest point in a fuselage is a lap joint. I would expect that to go before something like this.

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby waspiflab » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:02 am

Damn mine has the same issue :o  ;D
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby ShaneG_old » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:22 am

;D It's a spreading plague! :o :o
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear

Postby waspiflab » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:27 am

;D It's a spreading plague! :o :o

Is there such a thing as planeflu? ;D ;D
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear

Postby ShaneG_old » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:30 am

;D It's a spreading plague! :o :o

Is there such a thing as planeflu? ;D ;D



As long as money could be made from it, sure! ;D ;)
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear

Postby expat » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:17 am

;D It's a spreading plague! :o :o

Is there such a thing as planeflu? ;D ;D



Why not, we have concrete cancer ;D

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby waspiflab » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:02 am

;D ;D
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby Anxyous » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:02 pm

An American passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing after a football-sized hole was found in its fuselage. Skip related content



Would that be your football, or ours?

8-)


Well, it only mentions size, not shape. Had it been an American football, it would be in the shape of one as well...

Amirite, or am I babbling?
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby Steve M » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:09 pm

An American passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing after a football-sized hole was found in its fuselage. Skip related content



Would that be your football, or ours?

8-)


Well, it only mentions size, not shape. Had it been an American football, it would be in the shape of one as well...

Amirite, or am I babbling?



;D An american football would have missed the plane entirely! You soccer fans will be taking the rap for this!
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