This airline used tape to fix plane's damaged window; check photo
Tracy Sullivan, the passenger of Southwest Flight 2606, informed that she took the photo on a flight from Baltimore, Maryland to Boston, Massachusetts. She was on the flight with her son.
Can sticky tape to repair damage on planes be par for the course for airlines? As far as this airline is concerned, the answer is, yes! However, for passengers, this was certainly not the case. This shocking fact came to light after a photo of a sticky tape securing the edges of a plane's window was posted on Facebook by a passenger, reported Fox 13 News. This forced the representative of the carrier concerned, Southwest Airlines, to issue a clarification through a statement.
He said that the tape is an FAA-approved solution for certain 'cosmetic' issues on commercial aircraft!
Tracy Sullivan, the passenger of Southwest Flight 2606, informed that she took the photo on a flight from Baltimore, Maryland to Boston, Massachusetts. She was on the flight with her son.
As a picture caption Sullivan wrote, “"This isn't concerning at all as you take your seat for your flight home.” The photo seems disturbing as it shows the tape surrounding the bottom half of the sliding sunshade enclosure of the airplane window.
"The photo appears to show an FAA-approved adhesive tape used to secure superficial/cosmetic materials within the cabin environment,'' a representative from the Dallas-based airline clarified when asked about the issue, added Fox 13 News. However, he couldn’t clearly identify exact plane's maintenance records.
Adding further, the Southwest spokesperson said, “In this case, it appears to be the frame of a passenger sunshade, which is a movable part that is replaced during FAA-approved maintenance of the cabin interior.”
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He also informed that though the tape isn't a permanent solution and in no way replaces the performance of the multiple and redundant layers layers that comprise a passenger window, it is sometimes used as a temporary fix . Within a few days, the permanent solution is typically put in place, it was added.
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