As others have said, its not duct tape but aluminium based aviation tape.

Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."



/unless you're that one stewardess a few years ago, then YMMV.

Ryanair has one of the youngest fleets in the air today. They are the safest airline to fly, and because they fly into low-traffic airports, they have one of the best on-time departure and arrival records in the industry.

Hate all you want, but Ryanair is doing it right.

FTFA: 'Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."'

What, exactly, did he pilot? The pressure differential is not remotely close enough for decompression of that magnitude. In fact, with the position of the window, it's more likely things would just become windy in the cockpit if it failed. While probably horribly distracting, as long as the pilot gets low enough to prevent hypoxia, is not a deadly situation.

Considering it was Ryanair it probably was duct tape, not speed tape - and that's why it came loose in flight.

Apollo 13 did it

That's a tiny airplane...

JagYui: FTFA: 'Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."'

What, exactly, did he pilot? The pressure differential is not remotely close enough for decompression of that magnitude. In fact, with the position of the window, it's more likely things would just become windy in the cockpit if it failed. While probably horribly distracting, as long as the pilot gets low enough to prevent hypoxia, is not a deadly situation.

BA5390 would disagree (new window)

bayoubruce: Ahhhh, duct tape. Is there anything it can't do

Apparently the answer is yes.

Was it this guy?

Meh.

I have a pilot's license and have flown two planes with duct tape. One we fixed the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer which had some minor cracks in it. Flew that from Illinois to Arkansas and back. The other had a cracked rear window from where my laptop hit it during turbulence. That I taped from the inside and it held on a 100 mile flight. Albeit, these were single engine, light aircraft going about 120 mph...not jets going 350 mph. Still, duct tape is the miracle substance that held it all together.

/There is nothing that can't be fixed if you have duct tape, WD-40, and a Swiss army knife.
//That includes attitude.

Baz the Spaz: /There is nothing that can't be fixed if you have duct tape, WD-40, and a Swiss army knife.

And drywall screws. Don't forget the drywall screws.

Alien Robot: Baz the Spaz: /There is nothing that can't be fixed if you have duct tape, WD-40, and a Swiss army knife.

And drywall screws. Don't forget the drywall screws.

And 550 paracord.

Craig Reardon could tell you a thing or two about tearing them apart with latex.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."

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/unless you're that one stewardess a few years ago, then YMMV.


Mythbusters just aired an episode where they covered a whole plane in duct tape

Back in WWII and Korea days duct tape was used to cover 50 cal gunpoints on fighters both recipes and jets. Never saw it ever peel off even after when shot through..

I just use it in surgery and the construction of playground equipment.

"You're fixing a plane with duct tape?"

"Not just ANY duct tape; this is what we call 'Hundred Mile An Hour' tape."

"You know the plane flies at SIX hundred miles an hour, right?"

"So? I'll use six layers!"

Baz the Spaz: Meh.

I have a pilot's license and have flown two planes with duct tape. One we fixed the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer which had some minor cracks in it. Flew that from Illinois to Arkansas and back. The other had a cracked rear window from where my laptop hit it during turbulence. That I taped from the inside and it held on a 100 mile flight. Albeit, these were single engine, light aircraft going about 120 mph...not jets going 350 mph. Still, duct tape is the miracle substance that held it all together.

/There is nothing that can't be fixed if you have duct tape, WD-40, and a Swiss army knife.
//That includes attitude.

Isn't a crack on any control surface supposed to ground the plane?

JagYui: FTFA: 'Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."'

What, exactly, did he pilot? The pressure differential is not remotely close enough for decompression of that magnitude. In fact, with the position of the window, it's more likely things would just become windy in the cockpit if it failed. While probably horribly distracting, as long as the pilot gets low enough to prevent hypoxia, is not a deadly situation.

Maybe he piloted a boat.

Forgot to add it used to call for a manometric pressure test when changing cockpit pressure seals has that stopped?

The old rule of thumb cabin pressure differential was 8,000 ' ASL inside when at cruising altitude.

caramba421: Baz the Spaz: Meh.

I have a pilot's license and have flown two planes with duct tape. One we fixed the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer which had some minor cracks in it. Flew that from Illinois to Arkansas and back. The other had a cracked rear window from where my laptop hit it during turbulence. That I taped from the inside and it held on a 100 mile flight. Albeit, these were single engine, light aircraft going about 120 mph...not jets going 350 mph. Still, duct tape is the miracle substance that held it all together.

/There is nothing that can't be fixed if you have duct tape, WD-40, and a Swiss army knife.
//That includes attitude.

Isn't a crack on any control surface supposed to ground the plane?

The horizontal stabilizer isn't a control surface. The elevator at the rear of the stabilizer is.

Could have been worse



/hot, very much so

Every time someone talks about the "golden age of aviation," when "airplanes were held together with little more than bailing wire and duct tape," I want to show those people that the only thing that has changed in that regard is that they're called safety wire and F4 tape now.

Next time they shoud put an Alaskan bush pilot in charge








After finding his plane had been treated like a scratching post by a hungry grizzly looking for the fish it smelled from inside he radioed for some supplies. His shopping list included two new tires to replace the one's destroyed by the bear. Along with that he asked for three cases of duct tape and a couple rolls of cellophane tape.

http://www.inquisitr.com/47307/bush-pilots-plane-mauled-by-grizzly-re p aired-with-duck-tape/

realityVSperception: Next time they shoud put an Alaskan bush pilot in charge

Holy crap, now that's a candidate for That'll Buff Out, or perhaps There I Fixed It.

But the pilot aborted the flight after 20 minutes when the tape started to become loose and made disturbing noises.

This is your captain speaking... we're going to have to return to the airport, the duct tape holding the plane together is coming off... seriously though. The duct tape really is coming off and flapping around and the window's about to come out. So, thank you for your patience. Giggity.

bayoubruce: Ahhhh, duct tape. Is there anything it can't do

I was raised in the country where I always heard the two-part solution to solve any problem as, "if it moves and it shouldn't - duct tape; if it doesn't move and it should - WD40."

Then I learned it in Venezuela, "Si mueva y no debía - cemento; si duele - echar limón."

JagYui: What, exactly, did he pilot? The pressure differential is not remotely close enough for decompression of that magnitude. In fact, with the position of the window, it's more likely things would just become windy in the cockpit if it failed. While probably horribly distracting, as long as the pilot gets low enough to prevent hypoxia, is not a deadly situation.

The window to avoid hypoxia in near instantaneous decompression at 30,000ft is 8 seconds, so even were you correct about the immediate physical risk to the pilot, the associated risks are catastrophic.

Shanna, they bought their Ryanair tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash.

libranoelrose: This needs to be a meme.

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What is this from? A real life event or commercial?

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: Former pilot John Guntrip said: "This could have been disastrous, the pilot could have been sucked out mid-air if the window had come off."

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/unless you're that one stewardess a few years ago, then YMMV.

Adding to that, in last Wednesday's episode, the team found that an entire airplane can be skinned with duct tape and still fly. It's about 3.5 times heavier than Dacron, but it'll work.

Has had it with this nickel and dime shiat.

/Gettin' that biatch on the phone.

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Has had it with this nickel and dime shiat.

/Gettin' that biatch on the phone.

//They're out of towels, and he's too old to go diving into a locker.

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Has had it with this nickel and dime shiat.

/Gettin' that biatch on the phone.

//They're out of towels, and he's too old to go diving into a locker.

I really wanted to go another direction with that, but I couldn't find a screenshot of the repair crew using duct tape to fix the airplane propeller.