Speaking of things to be afraid of during travel, a six-foot section of a wing fell of a plane taking off from London City Airport today.
According to the Telegraph, there was a loud bang and a large section of the wing fell off:
The article doesn’t say what happened, but did say the wing and part of the aircraft looked badly burned. Fuel is often stored in the wings, so it might have had something to do with that (given the burns).
Here’s a shot of the wing from the air:
Our @cityjet to Florence bang on take off and forced to turn back after part of the wing fell off. pic.twitter.com/FovlFpFYEP
— Passenger Delay (@seenfromatrain) May 15, 2014
It didn’t fall off, and nothing burned. Most likely, the only issue with that part (a non-structural actuator cover) actually falling off would be the potential to strike the tail/elevator.
That’s good to know! It’s hard to tell the truth in a story when the news team were the ones live tweeting from the flight. (Making a bigger story out of it?)
Dale Shand
Wow that’s an Avro RJ
Yeah! I almost highlighted that part too and was like, ok, I’m getting obscure here 😉 Cool plane