How would you feel when you look out your plane's window and saw this?

[montecristo]

Can someone ID the airline based on the color?

[President]

Klm

[montecristo]

KLM engines are usually white.

[JJ Irani]

I'd call for the hostess and look down her cleavage while she explains to me the intricacies of the Rolls Royce engine and how the hell that happened in mid-flight!!

[steve-o]

I'd be okay with it.

Still works fine...it's like losing the hood on your car. The engine is okay, it's just wrapped to look pretty and make it a bit more aerodynamic.

Now the horizontal stabilizer that may have been hit by the piece of cowling...that I'm worried about.

Cheers,
Steve-O

[mike]

Originally Posted by montecristo

Can someone ID the airline based on the color?

Yeah....The one I won't fly on!!

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by mike

Yeah....The one I won't fly on!!

[DIVER4USN]

I think that a US carrier called "Air Trans" uses this color scheme as well.

[kakalika]

You beat me to it, I'd say Air Tran too.

[Lt. Dan]

Originally Posted by montecristo

Can someone ID the airline based on the color?

Normal day on the job for me. Only thing of concern that is the fuel burn penalty from all that extra drag.

Looks like someone didn't latch the fan cowls properly.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Lt. Dan

Normal day on the job for me. Only thing of concern that is the fuel burn penalty from all that extra drag.

Looks like someone didn't latch the fan cowls properly.

Now I know why I won't fly Air Tran.

They are the successor to several other ill fated cheapo airlines, including the one that went into the Potomac right after take off in about '82 in a driving snowstorm, and the one about 10 years ago that went down in the Everglades shortly after take off. Note the consistency here.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Now I know why I won't fly Air Tran.

They are the successor to several other ill fated cheapo airlines, including the one that went into the Potomac right after take off in about '82 in a driving snowstorm, and the one about 10 years ago that went down in the Everglades shortly after take off. Note the consistency here.

Are we supposed to take that picture seriously, guys? Looks like a photoshop job to me!!

[Flyjet601]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Are we supposed to take that picture seriously, guys? Looks like a photoshop job to me!!

Actually, this is a real picture I remember seeing it on a credible aviation website and the maintenance write up after......it would not be the first time something has fallen off an aircraft.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Flyjet601

Actually, this is a real picture I remember seeing it on a credible aviation website and the maintenance write up after......it would not be the first time something has fallen off an aircraft.

And, of course, we can presume the aircraft made it safely back to base....otherwise the photographer would not be alive to tell the tale (and show us that pic)!!

[Lt. Dan]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Now I know why I won't fly Air Tran.

They are the successor to several other ill fated cheapo airlines, including the one that went into the Potomac right after take off in about '82 in a driving snowstorm, and the one about 10 years ago that went down in the Everglades shortly after take off. Note the consistency here.

Stuff like this isn't isolated to one airline. My company has had a few engine cowls depart aircraft in flight and land on people's homes and yards.

That picture is the equivalent of driving down the highway and haveing your hood flip open because you didn't close it properly. At those speeds, parts will just tear off if they're in the airstream.