Trans-Atlantic trip with missing panel

Uh! So the panel is carried without reason on regular flights? Imagine
how a plane could look like! ;-)

No air left the pressurized cabin through the whole? Even more
interesting that fuel was still suffiecient although this whole should
have caused additional drag. I imagine an airpline plane landing in
Greenland because of fuel starvation due to lost panels.

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Uh! So the panel is carried without reason on regular flights? Imagine
how a plane could look like! ;-)

No air left the pressurized cabin through the whole? Even more
interesting that fuel was still suffiecient although this whole should
have caused additional drag. I imagine an airpline plane landing in
Greenland because of fuel starvation due to lost panels.

Since the whole didn't go the hole way through the walz of the airpline,
there was no big sucking sound.

Vaughn

Guys,

This is fundamentally a maintenance issue. Shouldn't we be discussing this
on rec.aviation.owning?

On May 9, 8:46*am, Roy Smith wrote:
This is fundamentally a maintenance issue. *Shouldn't we be discussing this
on rec.aviation.owning?

Since when has beeing On Topic had anything to do with RAP Grin. A
large part of this story has to do with the crew's decision. That
makes it relevant. These planes are operated with panels missing all
the time. Have to wait and see if this turns out to be a maintenence
issue.
FB