I suppose this fits into the category of ”all’s well that ends well,” but this is still mighty unusual, and kind of scary.
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Anyone see Donnie Darko? Life imitates art. Our temporal reality may become unstable. Ok, that was an engine. Slight difference.
That's a really cool video of the slide deploying on the ground! It looks like the speed brake automatically flattens when the door is opened.
Thanks for posting this!
Can’t help but this reminds me of my last UA 763 flight. There was something dripping from the wing, which was identified as jet fuel. The flight was … no, not cancelled, but duct taped. I guess this time around, the duct tape was already a bit old …
When Donnie Darko was released I watched it on a plane -- back when you got one movie for the whole month. The movie made no sense to me. Then I saw it again and discovered that they had cut most of the first five minutes out because of the aircraft incident and it made sense. Apparently whoever edited the movie didn't think about the impact.
Wow. I can only imagine. It's hard enough to understand as it is! Who removes the first five minutes from a movie? Maybe just offer a different one instead of showing it at all?
Luckily nobody was hurt and luckily it landed in their yard. However, the article would have been better if it addressed how this could happen.
Probably just a short circuit or something. My understanding is that it wouldn't happen in flight, but being low to the ground it'll activate the ability for the slides to deploy. It's not too dissimilar to the Asiana Airbus slide deployment in flight a couple of months ago — theoretically a plug type door can't open in flight, but when the aircraft is on final and pressure is relatively equalized, it's technically possible. Given the hinge assist mechanism on the Airbus along with the low altitude, it made it possible for the door to open and the slide to deploy. With the 76, the slides probably have the ability to activate below 200AGL or something, and if that slide short circuited, it could have caused it to deploy since they're held externally. Just a guess though.