Would this scare you?

[Hooli]

:wtf

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/194/586/2992095-jet.jpg

[Mortifer]

a little, at least the flight wouldn't be sooooooooo boring.:)

[Cali]

WTF happened to that?

[Cdgskater]

my friend says photochop, but i want to believe

[aszreal1266]

If its a chop they did one hell of a job on the shading

[Anti-Hero]

It looks legit, and to answer the question, yes, it would scare me.

Not so much that the engine cover is gone, but that the wing itself looks damaged.

[mrc]

http://snopes.com/photos/airplane/cowling.asp

[mercurial]

planes crash land and parts fall off alot more than you think. You don't hear about it that much because usually the pilot is able to land the plane without injuries or very minimal injuries. the only time you hear about it are the catastrophic accidents when the plane flies into the side of a mountain.

I know of one guy who has been through two separate commercial crash landings and has decided not to test his luck again :laughing

[Silence]

Makes me think of that Twilight Zone episode with that creature on the wing that's tearing away at the plane.

But yeah, unless you see a white trail in the air (blowing fuel), you don't really have to fret about it. :laughing :laughing

[Hooli]

Could have also been a bird.

[RRR70]

A little.

Usualy before boarding the plane I visit the bar.A few times.:staRang

[ALANRIDER7]

:wow

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/194/586/2992541-image020.jpg

[slowpoke]

Originally posted by Cdgskater
my friend says photochop, but i want to believe

Yes, because EVERYTHING on the internet is fake:rolleyes

[slowpoke]

Originally posted by Hooli
Could have also been a bird.

Bird ingestions don't do that.

Looks like maybe the cowl wasn't secured and ripped off taking part of the pylon along with it.

[jdhu]

I think actually the most danger would be to people on the ground if the engine came apart, or maybe to other parts of the plane....

Supposedly, a 4-engine airliner can fly safely with only 1 engine functioning...

[Hooli]

Originally posted by slowpoke
Bird ingestions don't do that.

Looks like maybe the cowl wasn't secured and ripped off taking part of the pylon along with it.

Bird strinking unsecured latch causing panel to fly open?

I'm just sayin'!

[Silence]

Originally posted by jdhu

Supposedly, a 4-engine airliner can fly safely with only 1 engine functioning...

+1

[altomista]

Nah, it wouldn't scare me. I've been on a plane when one of it's engines caught on fire. I was sitting next to the window and I could see it smoke.

It was on my trip to the Philippines, via Seoul, Korea. We ended up landing in Alaska. They gave us all ice cream sandwiches while it snowed on the mechanics fixing the engine outside.

[cheezy]

Originally posted by altomista
Nah, it wouldn't scare me. I've been on a plane when one of it's engines caught on fire. I was sitting next to the window and I could see it smoke.

It was on my trip to the Philippines, via Seoul, Korea. We ended up landing in Alaska. They gave us all ice cream sandwiches while it snowed on the mechanics fixing the engine outside.

Ice cream sandwiches?!?!?! You lucky bastard.

[SoarAndEnvision]

"sorry for almost killing you all... here have some ice cream and we shall never speak of this again."

[Sidewalk]

Ice cream heals all wounds.

Originally posted by Hooli
Bird strinking unsecured latch causing panel to fly open?

I'm just sayin'! The bird is more likely to either be ingested, or blown around the cowling, not bounce off against it. If it got ingested, it is less then pretty :wow

[tommypham]

Originally posted by SoarAndEnvision
"sorry for almost killing you all... here have some ice cream and we shall never speak of this again." :laughing :laughing :laughing

[mrc]

Any of y'all read Salon's "Ask the Pilot" column?

Good stuff even if you're not an aviation dork (which I ain't).

[BohnJerntsen]

I bet the mechanics didn't properly prepare that 7th Fetzer valve with 3-in-1 oil and gauze pads before they installed the ball bearings.

[squid vicious]

The origins of the "streetfighter" airliners.

[Dion Rides]

Originally posted by ALANRIDER7
:wow

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/194/586/2992541-image020.jpg

This is the audio that goes with this pic:

http://www.computerpranks.com/download/media/wav/delta.wav

[707Kawasaki]

Not as much as This (http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/Windy_Landings-3igb.html) maybe nsfw for ads.