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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff::Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart from Atlanta airport and none of six crew or 184 passengers were hurt

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is that supposed to happen?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Well there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that planes aren’t safe.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As long as they towed it outside the environment.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Into a different environment.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Well what sort of engineering standards are these planes built to?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that sarcasm? I really don't know.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Was this plane safe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yea...it's a feature these days....someone didn't pay the 50$ safe aircraft upgrade.