Post by oj on Mar 11, 2016 20:04:24 GMT 12
An EasyJet flight from Geneva was aborted moments before take-off after a passenger spotted a spanner still attached to the wing.
The packed passenger jet had already taxied to the runway when the 25-year-old Swiss man saw the tool wedged between the flaps which are raised or lowered to alter the lift of the aircraft.
He alerted cabin crew and the pilot immediately returned to the terminal so the adjustable monkey wrench could be removed.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3486820/Easyjet-flight-delayed-spanner-wing-Passenger-spots-tool-wedged-flaps-aircraft-taxies-off.html#ixzz42ZyNcfCr
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Just as every aeroplane is a Cessna to journalists, no doubt every spanner is a monkey-wrench
The packed passenger jet had already taxied to the runway when the 25-year-old Swiss man saw the tool wedged between the flaps which are raised or lowered to alter the lift of the aircraft.
He alerted cabin crew and the pilot immediately returned to the terminal so the adjustable monkey wrench could be removed.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3486820/Easyjet-flight-delayed-spanner-wing-Passenger-spots-tool-wedged-flaps-aircraft-taxies-off.html#ixzz42ZyNcfCr
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Just as every aeroplane is a Cessna to journalists, no doubt every spanner is a monkey-wrench