Modern Vespa

AP/UPI:
Recent news of an Alaska airline door plug falling off mid flight. Stop.

Some initially mistook the strange tail art and under belly hook, as signs of a bodge - naturally assuming the bent nail had slipped out. Stop.

Alas, when the plane was found to be manufactured in the US, investigators turned their focus to the possibility that someone forgot to install the cotter pin…

This airplane is cursed due to poor decisions & design. This is what happens when managers and bosses only care about profit and not safety…

When I need to fly, I avoid Boeing airplanes…

Exactly.

And now they just suck.

Ha! Looks like someone tried to make a ham bet deadline and cut corners. Lucky no one was hurt.

Article says "roller pin" but there is no such thing to my knowledge.

There are "roll pins" and "cotter pins".
But if the bolts are loose - someone didn't remember to put the pin in. I can understand how our crowd of Neanderthals does that - but how did an entire process just fall out of practice up there? (See Safis response I suppose…)

Perhaps NSMVs unofficial tag line should be: don't forget the cotter pin (tho I like saftey third also).

It's a long story, but Boeing went from safety first to profit first. You would think they would have learned their lesson, but they obviously have not.

and yet several iphones that were sucked out were found intact and functioning on the ground after falling 16000 feet.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/08/iphone-survives-16000-foot-fall-alaska-airlines/

That area is about 20 minutes from me. I recognize that exactly very spot in the pic. I have been past that road hundreds of times on my scooter.

here's a photo from the story

I'm sure we could have designed the door blank better on this forum.
Unlikely Boeing will tell us why it failed. Going to be similar to the nosediving MCAS issue inquiry.

Roll pin might mean an 'R' clip.

EDIT: Just remembered, roll pin is that type of round spring pin that is banged in and punched out. Not the easiest to use

I'm pretty sure that missing cotter/split pins holds the record for most injury-causing accidents on this forum.

I may hold the record for Most Individual Mishaps, but I try to constantly innovate in the field of Industrial Un-Safety. No missing cotter pins for me.

CM, out of all the ones that have left Kajiit House of Wares I think only yours included a note...

it may have only been because I didn't yet have a rider on your life insurance policy...

I got one with a note as well, I treasure it!

for you Johnny Mule, it was out of love. for CM it was out of concern.

hold it near, it may be a collectors item one day!

IJS…

only the best for my loved ones!

I feel so special!

Hahahahahahha

U missed ur calling.
Or perhaps - you've found it here.

Too funny. Keys from my project

My iphones have never survived a fall of 3 feet

before cell phone were falling from the sky there were other objects https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Co5KlXOEwMA?feature=share

Hope you remembered the one in rear wheel, plus if you ever need one I'm pretty sure you can find a fewspares laying about

Anyone new to the forum (less than 5 years) should read this... very entertaining and the basis of many jokes years later.

2nd ride after rebuild...wheel fell off.....went to hospital

Ginch, took your advice and read through this thread. Since I'm in the business of cotter pins and safety wire on everything the OP's attitude pissed me off. Almost couldn't take it till the Challenger discussion. I then proceeded to laugh my tits off till the end!🤣😂🤣 Totally agree that people new to scoots need to read this.

P.S. Upon further reflection due to the inherent dangers of vintage scooters and aircraft, I'll be selling off everything two wheeled and quitting my job. I've decided to take up flower arranging. I now understand the importance of cotter pin thread. Thank You.

The photoshop stuff from PDS in that thread were comedy gold.

(Made me miss a few folks too. Bitsa, Vader, Aviator.)

I heard Bitza in something greasy said lately, and Aviator in something Chandler explained. And saw Vador in Orwell's painting thread.

I miss them too...

This guy must not have known about the cotter pin thread. This was the third try for him. The first two were more exciting.