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Airplane Passenger Spots Worker Fixing Jet Engine With TAPE Moments Before Take-Off
How would you feel if you saw an airport worker taping up the aircraft you were about to take off in? In a viral Tweet that Easyjet passanger Adam Wood posted when he saw an engineer taping up his aircraft’s engine cover, he was anything but relaxed; “Always worrying when @easyJet are duct taping the plane together :-s #finaldestination.”
In all likelihood, however, the tape is probably not duct tape but speed tape, an aluminum-backed tape that can resist wind pressure, temperature changes, moisture and UV radiation that would rip ordinary duct tape apart. This has earned it the nickname of ‘600mph tape’ as well. Single rolls of varying strength can cost anywhere from $30 to more than $500!
More info: Twitter (h/t: independent)
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“Always worrying when @easyJet are duct taping the plane together #finaldestination”
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JuneMaddigan 10 years ago
It's actually a covering protecting the joins behind the rivet line from dust etc. You can see from the photo that there has been tape on it before. The old tape has been taken off for inspection & new tape is being put on - I would think. All normal procedure. Stewart Maddigan CPL/RA Aus Instructor/L2 maintainer/Chief UAV Pilot with Interspacial Aviation Services Pty Ltd (based in Perth WA)
JuneMaddigan 10 years ago
Daily Mail says that it is speed tape, widely used as protection of dust & stuff getting in. Very common in the aviation sector - so please, don't fret about flying Virgin!
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Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago
This ia not duct tape it is a type of tape called speed tape that is used for airplanes. Its not going to make stuff fall off.
AntonioHernández 10 years ago
If you do not know the aircraft work ... ask, do not make assumptions of what's wrong what they see ...
MartinBuitron 10 years ago
Certainly not your store bought duct tape but an aluminum foil tape. My dad was an aircraft mechanic, we had boxes of the stuff.
JuliaLaurant 10 years ago
Hmm.. Thing is easyjet has very short turnaround time - and they do need quick fixes so their schedule can keeping rolling until the end of the day (which means even if it's another 7 trips back and forth - that tape is going to have to do for the entire day) - and THAT is not safe. :( the solution of Speed Tape itself isn't the problem - but the almost devil-hell schedule that plane is put through might just cause problems for the otherwise-safe solution of taping :(
GoranMarković 10 years ago
This is standard tape and standard procedure. This is metal tape which is in this kind of use for more than two decades. You can use it on your car if rust appears and it stops induction of oxygen so rust wont expand.
JuneMaddigan 10 years ago
It's actually a covering protecting the joins behind the rivet line from dust etc. You can see from the photo that there has been tape on it before. The old tape has been taken off for inspection & new tape is being put on - I would think. All normal procedure. Stewart Maddigan CPL/RA Aus Instructor/L2 maintainer/Chief UAV Pilot with Interspacial Aviation Services Pty Ltd (based in Perth WA)
JuneMaddigan 10 years ago
Daily Mail says that it is speed tape, widely used as protection of dust & stuff getting in. Very common in the aviation sector - so please, don't fret about flying Virgin!
Load More Replies... Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago
This ia not duct tape it is a type of tape called speed tape that is used for airplanes. Its not going to make stuff fall off.
AntonioHernández 10 years ago
If you do not know the aircraft work ... ask, do not make assumptions of what's wrong what they see ...
MartinBuitron 10 years ago
Certainly not your store bought duct tape but an aluminum foil tape. My dad was an aircraft mechanic, we had boxes of the stuff.
JuliaLaurant 10 years ago
Hmm.. Thing is easyjet has very short turnaround time - and they do need quick fixes so their schedule can keeping rolling until the end of the day (which means even if it's another 7 trips back and forth - that tape is going to have to do for the entire day) - and THAT is not safe. :( the solution of Speed Tape itself isn't the problem - but the almost devil-hell schedule that plane is put through might just cause problems for the otherwise-safe solution of taping :(
GoranMarković 10 years ago
This is standard tape and standard procedure. This is metal tape which is in this kind of use for more than two decades. You can use it on your car if rust appears and it stops induction of oxygen so rust wont expand.
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