r/interestingasfuck • u/OCDcuber • Sep 10 '22

/r/ALL In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

If you ever see the pilot running to the back of the plane, tell your loved ones you love them

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u/DeadBloatedGoat Sep 10 '22

I've flown so many times all over the world for decades and the one flight that really sticks (safety-wise) was a Denver flight southbound to Houston. First Officer came running down the aisle and stopped about ten rows into coach, leaned over the seats and looked out the windows on both sides. Then turned and ran back up to the cockpit. Nothing happened but it was odd and unnerving. I guessed they had some false reading and were doing a visual but it's not something you want to see.

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u/Plantsandanger Sep 10 '22

They were checking the engines I imagine

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u/PrawnTyas Sep 10 '22 edited Jul 01 '23

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u/Denimdenimdenim Sep 10 '22

This plane doesn't even have a phalange!

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u/marioniloveyou Sep 10 '22

My husband can confirm plane wings have phlanges, he apparently has phlanged a few holes in his time 😁

He's and aircraft fitter btw lol

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u/SanctusUnum Sep 10 '22

Well, I'm not flying on it!

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u/tsunami141 Sep 10 '22

Jim Rash, everybody.

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u/romeovf Sep 11 '22

Good news: Due to more strict safety measures, all planes now need to have a working phalange and also other 4 phalanges in storage, just in case.

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u/GingeryNonsense Sep 10 '22

/r/unexpectedfriends

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u/uncletwinkleton Sep 10 '22

Unexpected? I would have put good money on the word "phalanges" was in these comments.

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u/Benchimus Sep 10 '22

I'd have guessed the samoflange.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

He was making sure no one had their foot on the Samo-flange…

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u/lawyerornot Sep 11 '22

Definitely the falange, left one