Aviation Appreciation Station v2

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

Didn't the cowling pop off a 777 taking off from Denver a couple of years ago too?

Maybe DEN's maintenance aren't locking things down.

A United 777 had a pretty spectacular engine failure in 2021. Different airline though, this latest event was Southwest. Regardless, if it was a latch then it should have been caught by the flight crew too.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

A United 777 had a pretty spectacular engine failure in 2021. Different airline though, this latest event was Southwest. Regardless, if it was a latch then it should have been caught by the flight crew too.

Some of the walkarounds I see crews doing at YYC are terrible. Some are actually checking things and a staggering number are just going for a stroll around the airplane and not actually looking at anything. It wouldn't surprise me at all for a latch to not be noticed by crew on a walkaround.

[Bigtime]

Dubai International having a normal one right now...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1780248017934725496

https://twitter.com/user/status/1780250843721220205

[surferguy]

That seems like a movie to see a commercial airliner rolling through 3/4ft of water

[greyshep]

Whenever I see stuff like this I wonder how those gawdy palm islands are handling things

[greyshep]

https://globalnews.ca/news/10429501/...sam-salehpour/

"Whistleblower says all 787's should be grounded"

Should I be worried about flying WestJet 787's now too?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by greyshep

https://globalnews.ca/news/10429501/...sam-salehpour/

"Whistleblower says all 787's should be grounded"

Should I be worried about flying WestJet 787's now too?

No, you should worry about the crashing ones.

[Acey]

Of WestJet's entire fleet, I'd probably feel safest on their 787 if anything.

[Bigtime]

The opposite of butter:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1782931521495859424

[Fuzz]

Kudos to the landing gear engineers.

[D as in David]

Late flare? I saw a clip of the subsequent landing and they floated the landing, too.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Late flare? I saw a clip of the subsequent landing and they floated the landing, too.

Carrier landing procedure, they just forgot to drop the tail hook to catch a wire...