Never Board An Indian Plane
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 3:00 pm
What would you do if you saw a man climbing on the wing of the aircraft you just boarded to fix something up with…
DUCT TAPE ?!?!?!?!?!
I’d get the hell out.
This video was shot in December ‘04 on an Air Deccan flight from Bangalore to Mumbai. Here’s the author’s website.
Looked out my window and what did I see, a group of guys repairing the wing with some sort of muthafcukin’ duct tape. There’s some more repairs to the left of the one they are working on with what seems to be the same technique. Crossed my fingers, tossed back a shot of Black Label, and stayed on the flight.
He has more balls than me.
brem
Pag shares this opinion with us:
November 28th, 2006 at 6:37 pmFaut pas sous-estimer le duct-tape. Citation de Wikipedia, à propos d’un ingénieur ayant travaillé à sauver Apollo 13: “he knew the problem was solvable when it was confirmed that duct tape was on the spacecraft: “I felt like we were home free”".
brem shares this opinion with us:
November 28th, 2006 at 6:39 pmPeut-être pour une situation critique, mais pour une réparation dans un contexte usuel, je ne crois pas