Ryanair terror of the window fixed with sticky tape !
Oct 26, 2011 · jurdyr · 4 replies · 2435 views
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Ryanair terror of the window fixed with sticky tape that came loose in mid-air and forced crew to turn back
Passengers with Ryanair have long been accustomed to the airline cutting financial corners.
But when one party found ground crews applying sticky tape to a cockpit window, they feared the penny-pinching had gone too far.
Twenty minutes after take-off, the service from Stansted airport to Riga in Latvia was forced to turn back when the patch came loose and started making a ?loud? noise.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052751/Ryanair-flight-turns-TAPE-pilots-window-comes-loose.html#ixzz0rnJSPk6x
British Airways Flight 5390 was a British Airways flight between Birmingham Airport in England and M?laga, Spain. On 10 June 1990 an improperly installed panel of the windscreen failed, blowing the plane's captain, Tim Lancaster, halfway out of the aircraft, with his body firmly pressed against the window frame. The first officer managed to perform an emergency landing in Southampton with no loss of life
Oct 27, 2011 · ROB1305
Suggest people read the article and more importantly the comments below it to put this into true perspective.
Oct 27, 2011 · foxbat
Jurdyr... Please don't confuse BA5390 with this non-incident... 5390 was a logistics and maintenance error which fortuitously ended up with a good result for all (except for Captain Tim Lancaster who never flew again).
BA5390 Accident Report here...
http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/636.pdf
So far as this Ryanair incident is concerned it's all a non-event so typical of Daily Mail 'reporting'.
The windscreen had been replaced the day before and the replacement involves among many other things the application of a flexible weather sealant which has a temperature dependent curing time. The use of 'DUCK Tape (hell the reporter couldn't even get that right its DUCT Tape) most definitely is not approved... what is approved and is clearly obvious from the picture, is the use of Speed tape. Speed tape is an extremely robust self adhesive aluminium tape specifically developed for aircraft external use. This tape is routinely used for the purpose depicted ie., the protection of the sealant during the curing process; protection from moisture, sand, grit and the very low -55c temperatures encountered at 35000 feet.
We may never know but I suspect that the subject aircraft was held as a spare for the duration of the curing process but pressed into service when the allocated aircraft failed either maintenance or aircrew acceptance checks. As the aircraft pressurisation system kicked in after take off the much greater internal pressure in the cockpit blew out some of the sealant, lifting the speed tape and breaking its adhesion with the airframe. The loud noise referred to would be that of escaping air. this would lead to a partial loss of pressurisation so the decision to return to Stansted was correct and management will have a hard time convincing themselves or their punters otherwise. .
I am not a supporter of M.O'L; I despise his business ethics; he has even less respect for his aircrew than he has for his punters.
One has to wonder if the crew were coerced into accepting the subject aircraft; they have no union fallback, membership of a union is partial grounds for being fired from Ryanair. One thing you most certainly not do is cross M.O'L. Aircrew turnover at Ryanair is among the highest in the aviation industry. Like many Lo-Co airlines the copilot has probably paid more for his seat in the cockpit than the passengers in the cabin. He/She does so to build up their flying hours so they can get the hell out and join a legacy airline.
The Daily Mail should be ashamed of themselves and the reporter fired for trying to turn this minor incident into something else.
fb (40 years aircraft maintenance and engineering).
Oct 27, 2011 · jurdyr
thanks lads , was just added the BA flight fom 10 June 1990 , the Atmospheric pressure was lost due to the window been blow out due the wrong incorrect bolts where put in , befor a plane i was in that had a birdstrike , this plane was grounded for 20 hours due the windown was replaced ... and if the plane did go down with lost of life ... dont think your travel insurance would kick in ...
i love see the report on that windown for FR (ryanair )
the headline on the photos say '' Airport staff work on the Boeing's cockpit using duck-tape ''
dont for get it a tube that is pressured any we are air safety is number 1 ....