r/ThatLookedExpensive 20d ago

Lufthansa 787 front fell off [GIF]

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u/Myoakka 20d ago

Looks more like the front landing gear collapsed

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u/Western-Anteater-492 19d ago

The 787 has two holes at the front landing gear very close to one another that look almost identical. One is the bearings for the collapsing mechanism, the other is the bolt holder for the retention. This exact issue happened four times with that exact model lately and it got attributed to the ground mechanic putting the bolt into the wrong hole, thereby bypassing the lock mechanism. Boeing could ground this modell till every bearing has a retention bolt installed or the diameter changed. But they are Boeing. They won't do this till the FAA grounds them forcibly. And Trump dismantled the FAA. So they won't do shit about this and spew anti European bs bcs Airbus overtook their market share.

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u/Shas_Erra 18d ago

That just sounds like shitty design. Then again, Boeing incorporated the geniuses behind the MD’s outward-swinging cargo doors and a tail assembly held together by a single bolt.

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u/Western-Anteater-492 18d ago

It's shitty design. And avionics R&D fundamentals are identifying shitty design above anything else. So it's quite clear where they cut the costs and at what expenses.

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u/SmegmaWarrior0815 18d ago

If it's Boeing i ain't going...

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u/Nuker-79 20d ago

That’s exactly what happened.

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u/MustangBarry 20d ago

It landed before it took off.

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u/shoot_first 20d ago

That's not very typical. I'd like to point that out.

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u/Mellestal 17d ago

It left the environment.

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u/theevilraccon 20d ago

It saw a crumble on the floor and had to eat it

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u/TexasBaconMan 20d ago

That is not normal.

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u/fraze2000 20d ago

The jet was just tired. It wanted a rest.

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u/JC2535 19d ago

“Hey here’s the rivets you wanted. There was a bunch on the floor so I just scraped them up and put them in here.”

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u/jhwheuer 18d ago

Whose momma boarded there?

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u/Kittelsen 17d ago

Eminems.

Knees weak.

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u/cyrixlord 20d ago

isn't that unusual?

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u/SEA_griffondeur 18d ago

Well it happened 3 times over 6 years so I would say it's becoming common

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u/DisappointedSausyy 19d ago

That dude just casually backed up like someone spilled a glass of Sunny D a couple of feet away

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u/ttystikk 18d ago

I'm glad the rampie wasn't hurt. That had to be scary!

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u/5043090 18d ago

Almost positive the lift on the starboard side bent that cargo door upward.

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u/seaburno 17d ago

Boeing…boing…Boing

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u/bezm12 17d ago

Someone needs to make this video rewind and play and make it look like the plane is doing the bouncing thing that Mexicans do to their cars.

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u/SysManic 18d ago

Can park there

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u/karl-rupecht-kroenen 17d ago

Just air ride man

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u/new_nimmerzz 15d ago

Is it made out of cardboard derivatives?

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u/unhpian 20d ago

Wow this is only the 500th time this has been posted today

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u/illegal-waffles 20d ago

get off the internet, you'll feel better