Planesimage Chris Remington ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA Jokes and Humor • 5 months ago message-square7arrow-up1219
arrow-up1219imagePlanes Chris Remington ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA Jokes and Humor • 5 months ago message-square7
minus-square Manucode ( @manucode@feddit.de ) linkfedilink6•5 months agoIs there any historical example of a plane crashing twice? (interpreting “crashing” liberally to include any landing where something went wrong)
minus-square CameronDev ( @CameronDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilink12•edit-25 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123 Had a tailstrike (tail hit the runway during landing), was repaired, 7 years later the repair later failed in flight and fully crashed. Dunno if a tailstrike counts as a crash though.
minus-square NaN ( @Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoCan’t think of the same one crashing twice, but some have been repaired and returned to service and could theoretically crash twice.
Is there any historical example of a plane crashing twice? (interpreting “crashing” liberally to include any landing where something went wrong)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123
Had a tailstrike (tail hit the runway during landing), was repaired, 7 years later the repair later failed in flight and fully crashed. Dunno if a tailstrike counts as a crash though.
Counts in my book
Can’t think of the same one crashing twice, but some have been repaired and returned to service and could theoretically crash twice.