Ryanair...........really?

chin_grin · 25-10-2011 11:55am #1

http://gizmodo.com/5853042/airplane-caught-in-duct+taped-window-shocker

Airplane Caught In Duct-Taped Window Shocker

200 passengers got the shock of their lives when their plane was forced to do a U-turn and head straight back to the airport after their pilot's window, which had been 'patched up' with duct tape, came loose.

Apparently the mental-underachievers in the Ryanair maintenance crew thought that just taping the window down on a jetliner would be a good idea. But according to the Irish Aviation Authority the tape was there just as a precaution to secure a new window seal. One passenger told The Sun:

"We were kept in the dark, and were terrified. I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape."

I'm surprised Ryanair didn't call the tape a 'cost-saving measure', or indeed charge the customers more for the thrill. [The Sun via Aol via Gizmodo UK]

This does not help my hatred of flying.............and Ryanair.

Sparks43 · 25-10-2011 11:57am

Anyone Tape it?

UrbanSea · 25-10-2011 11:58am

I was interested until I saw what paper it was from.

mfceiling · 25-10-2011 12:02pm

The Sun = Absolute drivel and bollix

cml387 · 25-10-2011 12:04pm

This story is B*ll*cks for a number of reasons.

Gaffer tape wouldn't hold a cockpit window in under pressure.

It's actually a special tape used to temporarily cover a small repair and is perfectly normal practice.

El Weirdo · 25-10-2011 12:24pm

...what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape.

becomes

Airplane Caught In Duct-Taped Window Shocker

with a shite rag like the fucking Sun.

I fucking hate The Sun.

Killer Pigeon · 25-10-2011 12:27pm

It's not duct tape, it's speed tape. It looks like duct tape but it isn't. It's made from aluminium or sometimes stainless steel and it's many many times more adhesive.

It's use on aircraft for short-term repairs is actually very common.

The Sun should do their research before they publish articles.