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SheilaAnn

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1. Amtrak starting to look like a great alternative if you're not in a rush. n/t

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Wed Feb 21, 2024, 04:12 PM

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Boeing 757 Makes Emergency Landing After Wing Falls Apart Mid Flight [View all] cbabe Feb 2024 OP

Amtrak starting to look like a great alternative if you're not in a rush. n/t SheilaAnn Feb 2024 #1

"A rush" is a relative turn brooklynite Feb 2024 #39

Jebus H. Christ. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #2

The wing didn't fall off... sensationalistic headline. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #4

A passenger said he saw part of the wing fall off. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #7

The slat is technically part of the wing... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #9

I didn't want to see an airplane engine on fire either. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #13

Fires are ALWAYS airworthiness threatening! Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #15

It was a military aircraft. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #19

Roger that! Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #23

I never forgot the pilot saying "I don't need that engine." Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #28

Any airframe failure that leaves the airframe visibly damaged is airworthiness threatening. Girard442 Feb 2024 #16

Exactly. We don't know if it was related to a sequence of other problems that will get worse. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #21

But a slat isn't part of the airframe. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #24

From the Cornell Law School: Girard442 Feb 2024 #31

Yeah, that smells like somebody missed some sort of wear or metal fatigue Cheezoholic Feb 2024 #42

+1. terrible headline. clickbait Tetrachloride Feb 2024 #40

Looks like the slat delaminated. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #3

Was William Shatner on that flight? bluesbassman Feb 2024 #5

You beat me to it lordy their is video nt doc03 Feb 2024 #26

I'd pretty much made up my mind not to fly anywhere again, and this confirms my qualms. planetc Feb 2024 #6

Airbuses have had their problems too.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #10

Qantas JoseBalow Feb 2024 #32

Note that this plane landed safely. maxsolomon Feb 2024 #12

Not a good time to be smug. Girard442 Feb 2024 #20

Who's smug? maxsolomon Feb 2024 #29

It had to be at cruising altitude and speed SpankMe Feb 2024 #34

Yes, because the pilot realized he needed to get that plane on the ground ASAP Warpy Feb 2024 #41

LOTS ! DFW Feb 2024 #17

You're in much more danger driving to the airport than you are in any Boeing EX500rider Feb 2024 #47

Whoa, deja vu Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #8

The passenger video of the slat is confusing. maxsolomon Feb 2024 #11

Manufacturing or Maintence issue? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #14

The plane is 20 years old, how is this Boeing's problem? Angleae Feb 2024 #18

The 757 is my favority airliner. Flew on it many many times from east to west coast. Love the thrust during takeoff! beaglelover Feb 2024 #22

Expensive jet to fly. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #27

Wing "falls apart"? hatrack Feb 2024 #25

Kinda glad she talked us into always taking Amtrak when we cross country. Torchlight Feb 2024 #30

727 is still the safest commercial aircraft ever. rickford66 Feb 2024 #33

One of the passengers posted pics in real time musette_sf Feb 2024 #35

The Boeing "Dreamliner" Richard D Feb 2024 #43

That looks like they very well could've hit something n/t Cheezoholic Feb 2024 #45

Yeah I suspect a bird strike EX500rider Feb 2024 #48

It looks like something punctured the slat which made the holes we see and the slat slowly desintigrated ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #46

Boeing? Richard D Feb 2024 #36

And this from a different, also distinguised, DUer. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #38

I would have had a heart attack if I would have seen that rurallib Feb 2024 #37

This thread is funny. Nobody complementing the design of an aircraft the pilots/crew that can safely handle this anomaly Cheezoholic Feb 2024 #44