Sihaiwang: tape can stick to airplanes? Do you think it's for fun? In fact, it's not. Recently, a passenger took a picture of an engineer sticking to airplanes with tape at an airport abroad. It's amazing. However, it's not as simple as people think. Let's learn what kind of magic tape it is! According to foreign media, it was reported on November 29, 28, in Amsterdam, Netherlands At Schipper airport, a passenger took a British easyJet flight to Berlin and inadvertently captured an amazing set of shots: an engineer repairing the engine with tape.
It is understood that the pilot announced a short delay in takeoff to make a quick repair of the engine. Then, a technician climbed on the engine housing, took off the old tape, cleaned it with alcohol, and put on the new tape. It is said that the original tape has been loosened and moved back during the flight.
This is not the first time easyJet pilots have used tape to repair aircraft engines. In 2015, an engineer of the company used adhesive tape to repair the image of the aircraft, which had spread wildly to the Internet.
However, the tape they use is not the duct tape, but the quick repair tape, a kind of aluminized tape, which is widely used in the aviation field for quick repair of aircraft. This fast maintenance tape is very durable and can expand and contract under various temperature conditions. In addition, the tape is very expensive, costing hundreds of dollars per roll.
EasyJet told the Daily Mail: 'easyJet occasionally uses this fast maintenance tape and always uses it in accordance with approved aircraft manuals and repair procedures, which will never affect the safety of the aircraft. To ensure the safety and comfort of passengers and crew is always the primary task of easyJet. '