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In reply to the discussion: Boeing 757 Makes Emergency Landing After Wing Falls Apart Mid Flight [View all]Girard442
(6,225 posts)20. Not a good time to be smug.
The plane hadn't reached it's cruising altitude and none of the debris from the blowout hit the tail. Lot of luck involved there.
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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
I'd pretty much made up my mind not to fly anywhere again, and this confirms my qualms.
planetc
Feb 2024
#6
You're in much more danger driving to the airport than you are in any Boeing
EX500rider
Feb 2024
#47
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
It looks like something punctured the slat which made the holes we see and the slat slowly desintigrated
ArkansasDemocrat1
Feb 2024
#46