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I'm curious, how does a flight crew not notice a window entirely missing?!? I get that most of the passengers were near the middle of the craft, but wouldn't it
by Galacta7 3y ago
I'm curious, how does a flight crew not notice a window entirely missing?!? I get that most of the passengers were near the middle of the craft, but wouldn't it still have been fairly noticeable as the flight attendants were walking down the aisle? Or immediately upon takeoff? Why did it take them reaching 13,000 before it was obvious a window was not there? TFA doesn't really say.
My only guess is that the shades pulled down on most of the windows, not making the situation apparent. But even then, it one would imagine a substantial rattle from wind. Even cracking the window of my car at high speed is incredibly noisy, and my car can only go the fraction of the speed of an airplane. This whole thing is confusing.
- jahnu 3y agoOnly the outside panes were missing. Hard to notice.
- Galacta7 3y agoAh, that makes much more sense. I must have missed that. Thanks for the clarification!
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- ASalazarMX 3y agoThe window's windows, you could say.
- ericfrazier 3y agoThe windows weren't missing during inspection. They were lost during takeoff and in flight. The article says the plane was used in a theatrical production that involved very hot lights that melted the the window seals. No one noticed the melted seals and when the plane took off the windows came out. They found the windows on the runway.
- philk10 3y agoThat's a very obscure test case...
- Galacta7 3y agoAh, thanks -- still disturbing but a little more understandable now.
- mvid 3y agoI wonder if there is some kind of industry policy against things like this. One airline or plane owner tries to make a quick buck with a plane, that results in a new FAA restriction in perpetuity for all US flights, causing exponentially more cost to all carriers.
- actionfromafar 3y agoSo unexpected to see actual “hot lights” used on location nowadays. Most have gone for LED. I am kind of glad and sad at the same time.
- dylan604 3y agoIf you already have the gear, no need to not use it.
- actionfromafar 3y agoOn set, sure, but on the move, LED can be battery powered. But I’m camp Tungsten. :)
- dylan604 3y agoway to move the goal posts.
- actionfromafar 3y agoI don't understand... I'm not arguing any position in particular here. :)