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Passenger sees "wing coming apart" on United flight from San Francisco to Boston; flight forced to land in Denver (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (10 children)

To my untrained eye, yeah that's kinda sketch, the skin is peeling off. Definitely get mad at the mantanance people. But it also doesn't look dangerous on its own; it's just a covering for the actual wing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Are we looking at different pictures?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Flying while missing a whole tail rudder is entirely doable. A hole in a wing just isn't as serious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That depends on how it affects near-stall flight.

The most efficient cruise that is legal, is 1.30x stall-speed.

If that damage on the leading portion of the wing means your "1.30x" stall-speed cruise is now actually 1.00x, you're gambling.

There was a DC9 that killed everybody because of pebbled ice wrecking its actual-stall-speed, years ago.

Landing also requires that you dance at the edge of stall, & if your idea of where stall-speed is, is wrong, ..

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