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And I’m supposed to fly on a 777-200 to Denver operated by United in just a few days. Yay!
by leesalminen 6y ago
And I’m supposed to fly on a 777-200 to Denver operated by United in just a few days. Yay!
- jfk13 6y agoAt least it's unlikely to be that 777-200.
- viraptor 6y agoThat specific plane will go through a lot of rebuilding, checks, thorough investigation, etc. Given a choice, I'd take that plane over another one.
- AdamJacobMuller 6y agoYeah but not if they rush the rebuilding and complete it in a few days. I suspect that's gonna require too much duct tape and bubble gum.
- Reason077 6y agoAssuming there’s no damage to the airframe itself, it could be back in the air pretty quickly. Changing the engine is a fairly routine procedure, which takes about a day: https://blog.virginatlantic.com/change-aircraft-engine/ https://blog.virginatlantic.com/change-aircraft-engine/
- reddotX 6y agogood luck!
- valuearb 6y agoThe 777 has been flying for 25 years with almost no fatal accidents. Unless your flight will be flying over Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries or through a wormhole above Malaysia, you should be perfectly safe.
- codingdave 6y agoAnother way of looking at it is that after flying and accumulating 25 years of wear and tear without major incident, we now have seen a repeatable flaw that these aircraft may encounter due to their age.
- ajarmst 6y agoAs well as two demonstrations that the aircraft meets the design specification that even a catastrophic failure in the worst stage of flight is easily recoverable. I'd expect an increased inspection rate, possibly some new mandated ND testing for fractures and discontinuities (the last one was an LP shaft failure, IIRC). One thing that does bug me, though is that we now have two events where the shroud was lost. Were these uncontained failures (problematic because of potential for wing damage) or contained faiLures followed by aerodynamic shedding of the damaged shroud (system functioning as designed). I'm also somewhat concerned about the fire remaining in the burner stage. Might have just been lubricants, but I'd want to make sure the fire handle had been pulled and investigate whether it worked correctly.
- interestica 6y ago> As well as two demonstrations that the aircraft meets the design specification that even a catastrophic failure in the worst stage of flight is easily recoverable. But in that type of failure, you can't control where the pieces go. https://abc7ny.com/philadelphia-emergency-landing-southwest-airlines-plane/3628459/ https://abc7ny.com/philadelphia-emergency-landing-southwest-... It resulted in depressurization and partial ejection/death.
- kortilla 6y agoThat’s a different type of failure. Uncontained vs contained.
- interestica 6y ago
- leetrout 6y agoAnd you have nothing to worry about. Statistically you really have nothing to worry about given this incident happening today. Enjoy your flight and enjoy Denver. Get a donut from Voodoo for me.
- Aperocky 6y agoWell, wouldn't be surprised if the aircraft is literally this one, and you'll now fly on a different one.
- oh_sigh 6y agoLook on the bright side - you're probably more likely to die from catching COVID-19 from another person on the flight.
- tekromancr 6y agoNot sure which is the worse way to go. 3-8 mins of flaming, falling terror; or weeks of facing potential death in a hospital
- alamortsubite 6y agoIf you're riding in an automobile to/from the airport, you have reasonable cause for concern.