Airplane Passenger Spots Worker Fixing Jet Engine With TAPE Moments Before Take-Off
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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)
“Always worrying when @easyJet are duct taping the plane together #finaldestination”
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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)
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!
What you missed entirely, is that the damn idiot performing the Tape Replacement, is that he placed the just removed old tape INSIDE the engine Inlet... it can be easily seen: the wrinkled shiny tape clearly seen at the lower part of the first photo! Humans being human tend to be distracted easily, so HE SHOULD NEVER have placed the removed tape in that place, NEVER!... It is TOO easy to receive a damn cellphone call, and forget the used tape inside the inlet tract of the engine, period! That Technician needs to be severely reprimanded for his lack of care. As instructor, you should have looked more carefully to the photo too, with due respect.
that's not duct tape. it's speed tape.
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.
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)
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!
What you missed entirely, is that the damn idiot performing the Tape Replacement, is that he placed the just removed old tape INSIDE the engine Inlet... it can be easily seen: the wrinkled shiny tape clearly seen at the lower part of the first photo! Humans being human tend to be distracted easily, so HE SHOULD NEVER have placed the removed tape in that place, NEVER!... It is TOO easy to receive a damn cellphone call, and forget the used tape inside the inlet tract of the engine, period! That Technician needs to be severely reprimanded for his lack of care. As instructor, you should have looked more carefully to the photo too, with due respect.
that's not duct tape. it's speed tape.
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.