Somebody got some 'splainin' to do. U.S.A.F. related

[Moonpie]

DOH!

A B-1B Bomber Suffered Significant Engine Damage While Deployed To Norway (thedrive.com)

" the incident occurred when a tablet computer was ingested in one of the engines, which caused substantial damage, necessitating the replacement of both engines on one side of the aircraft. "

 

[Younggun]

“Ok, fire it up.”


OH SHIT! TURN IT OFF!”


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[EZ-E]

They probably should have used one of these....

 

[vmax]

good FOD check

 

[thescoutranch]

Whoops

 

[pronstar]

At least someone’s head did roll, CO was relieved of command.

Since I doubt it was the CO’s tablet, it makes me wonder if there may have been other indications of incompetence.


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[baboon]

Better a laptop then a person!

 

[EZ-E]

Better a laptop then a person!

This guy lived

 

[DoubleDuty]

Oops

 

[mad88minute]

I bet it was Hunter Bidens tablet.

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[cygunner]

I bet it was Hunter Bidens tablet.

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Or a "red herring".

 

[BuzzinSATX]

This guy lived

Wow!

On the bright side, it caused him to have a permanent mullet!

 

[BuzzinSATX]

I may be wrong, but something tells me it was an issued tablet with tech orders for the maintenance crew.

Not really any different than hand tools...gotta secure them before firing engines

 

[jordanmills]

I may be wrong, but something tells me it was an issued tablet with tech orders for the maintenance crew.

Not really any different than hand tools...gotta secure them before firing engines

Yeah I heard that it was the electronic checklist (but that might have been their educated guessing).

 

[orbitup]

FOD is bad yo.

They drilled that shit into our heads in the AF. If that's a supplied tablet somebody has their name on a chit for it.

Reminded me that I have this.

 

[Sock Puppet]

I may be wrong, but something tells me it was an issued tablet with tech orders for the maintenance crew.

I'm thinking it could have been the Electronic Flight Bag which would have the pilot's/copilot's pre-flight checklist. I think the MX crew uses ruggedized laptops.

 

[Coop45]

This guy lived

Did you notice after being sucked into a jet engine, he was wearing a mullet......hmmmmmm!

 

[popper]

Somebody started the engines for a 737 at everit newly glass based painted runway, sand blasted several other planes

 

[Texasjack]

A friend from high school went into the Air Force and was working on a flight line as some jets were getting ready to take off. A sergeant and a new guy were checking the planes and the sergeant noticed that a safety pin had not been removed from a drop tank. He signaled for the plane to hold up and he reached in and removed the pin. The new guy saw what he was doing and pulled the pin for the tank on that side. Then he tried to toss the pin across under the plane to the sergeant. It got sucked into the intake and destroyed the engine instantly.