Passenger fixes faulty airliner

[opusman]

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Passenger fixes faulty airliner

Holidaymakers avoided a long delay to their flight home when a passenger fixed a mechanical problem with their plane.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Sounds like a great way to keep maintenance costs down :!:
(Hope they gave him a free flight voucher for his trouble though)

 

[samh004]

It's a shame the article doesn't mention what he actually fixed.

 

[docjames]

Sounds like a great way to keep maintenance costs down :!:
(Hope they gave him a free flight voucher for his trouble though)

hopefully he sends them an invocie for cost of repair (= cost of pax+crew accom overnight + cost of flying out a mechanic).