Meanwhile...in Soviet Russia

[spoolinup22]

Title in article made it seems like passengers fled once the plane started taxiing....


""
Passengers on a Transaero plane fled their aircraft before takeoff after a passenger noticed a hole in the engine, reports Ria Novosti.
The Moscow to Krasnoyarsk, Russia flight was prepping for takeoff Monday when a passenger spotted what appeared to be a hole in one engine. According to The Australian, the pilot thanked the passenger for bringing it to his attention, but, after a two-hour delay, the plane was again ready to take off without the hole covered.
Twenty-seven concerned passengers bailed, and the plane took off as planned.
As it turns out the "hole" was just a missing inspection panel, which the plane was allowed to fly without. Passengers who fled were reimbursed for their tickets, but had to pay a fee because the airline did not deem the incident an emergency.""


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/airplane-engine-hole-causes-passengers-to-abandon-plane_n_1368367.html?ref=travel&icid=maing-grid7|aim|dl22|sec1_lnk3&pLid=145312

 

[block30]

In Soviet Russia, you don't fly plane--plane flies you!

 

[MQAAord]

The article doesn't say if the pax were TOLD that the "hole" was just a missing inspection panel... I do think it's fine that pax notice things and bring it to the crews' attention, but I would hope that the pax would be told what the result of checking it out is, and they'd understand "oh, it's just a missing panel, okay", and relax about it then. But if the pax weren't told anything, I couldn't blame them for not wanting to get back on.

 

[Minuteman]

 

[spoolinup22]

^^ exactly. sure their gas mileage prolly sucked a little more but gosh i don't see why passengers went crazy. how many times have you driven your car without a bumper, but yet still make it there safely?

 

[Maurus]

Passengers have been correct in the past about holes. In this case, not so much.

 

[izanti]

True this was no big deal as its an easy CDL but with Russian birds dropping out of the sky left and right I cant blame the pax for being overly cautious. Granted its a Boeing aircraft even I am hesitant to fly on most Russian airlines.