You Should Never Complain About Qantas Again

[geffa18]

Passengers revolt after being told to fly on jet with its wing tip missing | the Daily Mail

 

[moa999]

And I'm sure QF has flown minus winglets after a similar incident at JFK.

They are not needed to keep the plane airborn, just improve fuel efficiency

 

[simongr]

That is a confusing story. It talks about the damage to a Sri Lankan airways aircraft and shos a pic of the BA aircraft with the damage

 

[oz_mark]

That is a confusing story. It talks about the damage to a Sri Lankan airways aircraft and shos a pic of the BA aircraft with the damage

The damage was caused by a collision between Sri Lankan and British Arways. Probably the only picture of the incident they had.

 

[simongr]

I get that - the Sri Lankan ran into teh BA a/c and ripped the wing tip off the BA a/c but all thr talk is of the Sri Lankan a/c flying on with a broken wing tip. Also confusing is that they saw the damage from the "club" which to me indicates BA again...

 

[ColinP]

If they'd stuck it back on with duct tape (like they do bits that come loose on V8 supercars) nobody would've noticed ;-)

 

[straitman]

If they'd stuck it back on with duct tape (like they do bits that come loose on V8 supercars) nobody would've noticed ;-)

... until it ripped off on takeoff.

 

[oz_mark]

... until it ripped off on takeoff.

I've seen plenty of what looks like duct tape on Qantas wings (not too mention various bits missing)

 

[straitman]

I've seen plenty of what looks like duct tape on Qantas wings (not too mention various bits missing)

That's why it's referred to 100 mile/hour tape in the industry

 

[NM]

That's why it's referred to 100 mile/hour tape in the industry

Its just a shame that Vr is somewhat greater than 100mph for most aircraft (with the notable exception of the Caribou which is the only aircraft to suffer bird strikes in the rear of the aircraft).

 

[Flying Fox]

Totally confusing story. I had to read it 4 times to get it straight in my head OR maybe I'm just slow....

As for the tape, well at least the passengers would already be trapped onboard when the wing tip seperated at 100MPH

 

[duffshot]

That's why it's referred to 100 mile/hour tape in the industry

Also known as "Instant Airframe"

 

[littl_flier]

Totally confusing story. I had to read it 4 times to get it straight in my head OR maybe I'm just slow....

As for the tape, well at least the passengers would already be trapped onboard when the wing tip seperated at 100MPH

I'm with both you FF and Simongr. The pictures in the story clearly show a winglet (red), and BA's wing in a state of "duck-tape fixable" disarray.