News, Passengers surprised to see planes patched with tape; experts say it's common.

[JPD]

Why is Obama allowing airplanes to be flown with duct tape holding the engines to the wings?

[Rhenzanite]

Originally Posted by newonecoming

Temp fixes are cheap and you pay for what you get.

Precisely. I don't think the general public quite understands how expensive and time consuming it is to replace plane skins, or to make more 'permanent' fixes. Usually, they make a temp fix until they can schedule some AOG time to do it. They have to re route planes, reschedule flight crews and fit in maintenance time which all takes time and man hours to coordinate.

People complain about temp fixes like tape (which is perfectly safe) but I can guarantee they would freak out if the plane was grounded and their flight was canceled.

Pick your poison, people.

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by John1960

DALLAS — Brad Bisallion, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 1203 from Toronto to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, never expected what he saw from his window seat last Friday.

A patch on the engine housing of the 737-800 appeared to be duct tape.

Passengers surprised to see planes patched with tape; experts say it's common | kens5.com | San Antonio News, Weather, Sports, Traffic, Entertainment, Video and Photos

Yet another reason I don't fly.

[Icy Tea]

I saw a video of a float plane that got ripped apart by a bear after food. Another pilot flew in and dropped off a case of duck tape. The pilot was able to duck tape it together and fly it back.