14-Hour Holey Flight
You ever had things go wrong, but they do so in just the right way to prevent a disaster?Emirates flight EK430 took off from Dubai in the early hours of the morning. Nearly 14 hours later, the Airbus A380 landed at its destination in Brisbane, Australia, some 20 minutes late. The passengers got out of their seats, grabbed their bags, and started disembarking. But as they got off the plane, they were in for a surprise. There was a massive hole in the side of the airplane. That’s not something you want to see when leaving a passenger jet. But the hole definitely would explain the loud bang the crew and passengers heard shortly after the takeoff. But that also means that the hole had been there practically the entire flight. The plane had managed to fly halfway across the world with its side torn open.
That’s an eerie prospect. But we suppose it’s a much better alternative than — you know — having the flight end in a sudden nosedive. The passengers got on the plane, the jet taxied across the Dubai Airport’s runways, and took off on time. about 45 minutes into the flight, there was a strange noise. “There was a loud bang and I felt it through the floor as well.” Needless to say, the sound caused no small deal alarm among the passengers. But the crew kept their cool, which may have helped calm down some of the passengers. “The cabin crew remained calm, stopped the food service, and got on the phone. They checked the wings and engines,” Patrick recalled. The bang was the sound of one of the A380’s tires bursting mid-air. As the high-pressure air escaped from the tire, the force punched a hole clean through the plane’s side. This means that a part of the plane is now sitting at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. But the crew didn’t seem too bothered about the incident. They returned to their duties and the flight went on until the plane successfully landed in Brisbane. The hole was on the A380’s aerodynamic fairing, or the outer “skin” covering the plane. There are no sensors or cameras on this surface, so the pilots didn’t notice anything unusual. Since the plane still handled fine, they simply didn’t have any cause for concern. The passengers were not in any danger. They just had a bit noisier flight than usual. “It’s a one in a million case probably. It’s something that we don’t see every day.”
Flat tire fun
I was driving through the south side of Chicago when I got a flat tire…so I pulled up on the side of the road and got out to change it. While I was changing it, a stranger came over and opened the hood.
I asked, “What are you doing?!”
“Well, if you’re taking the tires, I’ll take the engine.”
A man got a flat tire right outside the fence surrounding a county mental hospital. He changed the tire and put the lug nuts in the hubcap. As he moved, he kicked the hubcap and the nuts rolled into the sewer. He was stuck then and noticed a man inside the fence watching him. The inmate said, “Why don’t you take one lug nut of each of the other wheels to attach the tire until you can get to the garage.” The distressed man said this was brilliant idea, thanked him and said, “I don’t know why you are in such a place.” The inmate said, “I am in here for being crazy not stupid.”
How many Cleveland Browns does it take to change a flat tire?Just one.
Unless it’s a blowout. Then the whole team shows up.
Got a puncture in my tire the other day. Think it was at the fork in the road.
November 22nd Birthdays
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, 1961 – Muriel Hemingway, Scarlett Johansson, 1996 – Katherine McNamara
1958 – Mark Ruffalo, 1978 – Joe Nieves , 1989 – Jamie Campbell Bower, 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield