Boeing 757 cargo door opens after takeoff

Re:Boeing 757 cargo door opens after takeoff by ineedasername on Saturday February 13, 2021 @01:50PM (#26125676)

"several parts separated & were distributed over the ground"

That seems like a comically understated way to say that pieces of a plane broke off while traveling a few hundred miles an hours & fell 5,000 feet to the ground below.

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Re:Boeing 757 cargo door opens after takeoff by danaliv on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:39PM (#26126636)

This industry is chock full of dryly technical jargon for describing absolute horrors. My go-to is CFIT, or “controlled flight into terrain.” Yikes.

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Re:Boeing 757 cargo door opens after takeoff by sokoloff on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:59PM (#26126835)

RUD-Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly - “It blew up” (more aerospace than straight aviation)

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Re:Boeing 757 cargo door opens after takeoff by hinkley on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:01PM (#26126868)

Controlled Flight Into Terrain: pilot thought he knew how to miss the ground. Pilot was wrong.

Engine-rich exhaust: shit’s on fire, yo.

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