What Would You Do if You Saw This, Moments Before Take-Off
is a wondrous product and a true DIY’ers go-to for any and all manner of projects. No creative tool box, craft table or art studio is complete without it. But imagine boarding an airplane, settling down in your window seat, and looking out onto the runway, only to find a man seemingly repairing the engine with a roll of the silvery gray sticky stuff. Upgrading furniture? Sure. Fashioning a cool wallet? Absolutely. Fixing an airplane? No. Way.
As a new viral photo of an easyJet flight demonstrates, that might actually happen. But if it does, don’t freak out too much.
E passenger when he spotted a technician sticking something to his plane’s giant engine.
Adam Wood’s photos went viral after he posted a tweet of this man repairing his aircraft with tape. Photo:
“Always worrying when @easyJet are duct taping the plane together #finaldestination” he wrote.
After Wood’s tweet went viral and made headlines on and other outlest, an easyJet spokesperson clarified the matter.
The tape used was not, in fact, duct tape, but a far more powerful form of adhesive known as speed tape. It is often used in aviation fixes and was named as such due to its ability to stick to the aircraft at high speeds in extreme wind conditions.
In fact, a single roll can cost hundreds of dollars.
We can’t say we blame Wood for his concern - but this procedure is standard. Photo: Adam Wood/Twitter
“The high speed metallic tape is in place as a result of some cosmetic work that is required to the aircraft paintwork,” the airline replied to him on Twitter. “It is nothing structural and in no way compromises the safety of the aircraft.”
Speed tape is intended for use in aviation and perfectly safe as a temporary solution.
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That should be Lippe, Germany, I think. I came near it when travelling to and from Berlin a few weeks ago.
Police in Lippe, France, reported that a 18-year old female German learner driver from Detmold apparently overlooked a convoy of tanks when she turned left onto the Panzeringstrasse (lit. Tank Ring Road)
Picture: Lippe Police Department/EPA
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