New York-bound flight canceled after passenger sees parts missing from wing
Virgin Atlantic said safety of customers, crew ‘was not compromised at any point’
BULL SHIT – If that plane would have continued toward its destination without someone noticing the piece of the wing missing, who can try to convince me it wolud not have developed into something more serious, possibly having the wing fall off.
Negligence, greed, Incompetent, neglect, all about the bottom line; these are just some of the issues with big business neglecting possible hazards. All that matters to them as their bottom line.
Safety is not an issue, if it was these mishaps would not occur.
Take the airlines for instance and sporting venues; if they were so concerned about violence in their arenas they would quit selling that high-priced fire water to their patrons. It’s all about the money.
As far as the airlines go, if they would perform their proper maintenance and inspections, these mishaps would not occur. They are sitting on a keg of dynamite waiting to explode but are rolling the dice when it comes to passenger safety.
Missing wing parts on a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 aircraft. (Kennedy News and Media)
No one can’t convince me that this plane was inspected thoroughly before it took to the air. Someone is not doing their job, which could realistically have caused a catastrophic event killing hundreds of people.
Who should be blamed for negligence like this? Everyone from the top down, from the CEO to the inspection and mechanical groups?
Invariably in situations like this when a plane will crash and kill hundreds of people, I have yet to see anybody go to prison for that. It is a slap on the wrist, a minimal fine, then back to business as usual. It is always about the money.
If and when there is a heavy financial penalty leveled against the airlines, all they do is raise the price of their tickets couple bucks, before you know it they are better off financially than they were before all at the lethal expense of some innocent passengers.
Especially the airlines and other transportation vehicles, every time it completes a mission, before it is allowed to take off again it should be inspected from stem to stern to ensure the stability of the aircraft. After the fact is too late.
Thank goodness for the vigilant passenger who noticed the missing part of the wing. They should be given free air transportation for the rest of their life. They conceivably could have saved many other lives by being alert. But then again I’m not sure if this person is too keen on taking to the unfriendly skies anymore.
A BIG HELLO MICHAEL K
UPDATE: When it rains it pours tires .
Delta Boeing plane loses nose tire moments before takeoff: ‘Rolled off the runway’
Delta flight was reportedly cleared for takeoff when aircraft lost wheel.
When it rains it pours tires. This is a follow up post of the one I did earlier in the day.
If this is not another case of some serious negligence in the aircraft industry I don’t know what the hell is.
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 aircraft reportedly lost a nose tire just moments before takeoff on Saturday at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File / Getty Images)
Of all things, wheels should not fall off of airplanes. If the proper inspection was completed before takeoff this would have never happened.
The only reason that the airline executives are so lax in their job is that it costs a lot more money to do the job right.
I don’t know for sure, I think that this is the third incident involving an airline this week that could have turned out catastrophic. That is three times too many.
I would not be the least bit surprised if some of the lawmakers are heavly invested with $tock in the airline companies. That may account for their reluctance to ground the aircraft for inspection and repair. It cost them money.
Wake up ladies and do your job before you have a real mess and blood on your hands.
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