Plane Crazy: Passengers surprised to see planes patched with tape; experts say it's common (Video)
Brad Bisallion, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 1203 from Toronto to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, never expected what he saw from his window seat last Friday.
A patch on the engine housing of the 737-800 appeared to be duct tape.
American Airlines confirmed the jet flying that route with the small patch was its plane, but the airline said what appeared to be duct tape is really called "high speed tape" in the aviation industry.
Quote from the article:
"First thought was: I can't believe they'd fly a plane with duct tape on the outside of it," Bisallion said. "Next thought was: We've been up here for an hour. If anything was going to happen, it would have already."
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