This story happened about a month ago, but is too comical to
not post. Over the summer Alaska
Airlines had repaired a damaged wing flap on one of their Boeing 737 planes. The repair had been approved as flight worthy
by the FAA. However, Alaska Airlines had
not finished the cosmetic repairs before sending the plane airborne leaving the
wing flap looking unfinished.
Before each flight pilots will do a walk around their
aircraft to report any exterior issues.
Pilots would see the repair as unfinished and submit it to their
pre-flight report. Maintenance workers,
to stop receiving reports concerning the wing flap, physically wrote “WE KNOW
ABOUT THIS” on the damaged looking wing flap with an arrow pointing to the
questionable looking repair.
Unfortunately, this note scribed in permanent marker was
visible from a window seat of the cabin.
This was noticed by an Alaskan Airline patron midflight flying from
Burbank, California to Seattle Washington.
A photo was taken with a camera phone and sent to reddit.com where it
was displayed.
An Alaskan Airlines representative responded stating, “We
apologize for any alarm it may have caused.
It is not the best way to report an issue. We have since removed the writing and the
flap will go in for a full repair in October.”
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