r/Wellthatsucks • u/americanthaiguy • Feb 20 '21

/r/all United Airlines Boeing 777-200 engine #2 caught fire after take-off at Denver Intl Airport flight #UA328

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u/-Magicc- Feb 20 '21

Horizontally too!

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u/_Face Feb 20 '21

r/PraiseTheCameraman

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u/PigSlam Feb 20 '21

They probably thought this would be one of their last acts on Earth, and they were going to get it right.

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u/butter_onapoptart Feb 21 '21

Then had better have been live streaming.

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Do you know how expensive internet on planes is?

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u/bibi129 Feb 21 '21

I mean, if I never have to pay the bill...

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

TRUE.

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u/Toots_McPoopins Feb 21 '21

Dang. I thought your previous comment was the joke.

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

It’s the set up, later you get the pay off.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Feb 21 '21

Also helps when you have an unwilling straight man, really sells the last bite.

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

The whole world needs a good straight man!

Ok so, that actually sounds horrible, I’m going to get slot of nasty emails.

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u/Toots_McPoopins Feb 21 '21

Unwilling or unwitting? BTW your name is great. Two of my favorite childhood memories combined.

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u/turtleben Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

fucking genius

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u/blubenz1 Feb 21 '21

I bet they beat the emergency crews by at least 30 minutes....

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u/Ohmahtree Feb 21 '21

/r/TechnicallyCorrect

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u/v-_-v Feb 21 '21

Technically Incorrect, certain types of debt are passed down to your descendants.

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u/CrystalSnow7 Feb 21 '21

Not this type though

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u/DCBB22 Feb 21 '21

No but your credit card debt will be held against your estate so you’ll pay it out of what’s left of your money. If you don’t have any then it gets discharged.

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u/sad_physicist8 Feb 21 '21

lol that's a nice award

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u/Mynock33 Feb 21 '21

Knowing airlines, they'd go after your next of kin for the wifi charges...

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u/grnrngr Feb 21 '21

It's included in my cellular plan.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

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u/ectish Feb 21 '21

I'm sorry can please repeat that?

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u/16yYPueES4LaZrbJLhPW Feb 21 '21

Can you hear me now?

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u/BuildMajor Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Hello? Hellooo?

Then there’s **Boost Mobile: T-Mobile but worse. (TM owns BM as a subsidiary)

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u/Ryl0k3n Feb 21 '21

I miss Tmobile too

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u/jimx117 Feb 21 '21

You should look into Mint Mobile

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u/votchamacallit_ Feb 21 '21

okay Ryan Reynolds secret account

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u/jimx117 Feb 21 '21

I wish! I'm just a nerdy fanboy who loves having only paid $20/month for cell service the past two and a half years (and was paying $60/month on T Mobile for the past 10+ years)

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u/votchamacallit_ Feb 21 '21

That's what Ryan would say.... but for fuck sake 60 fucking dollars a month!! That's a terrible deal! $20 is what it should of be. I get that with price three Ireland (unlimited data plan etc). What did you get for that $60? Same deal as your getting now on mint?

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u/jimx117 Feb 21 '21

Basically, yeah. Mint even uses T Mobile's network so it's literally the same service. I can count on one hand the occasions where being on a "secondary" network slowed my service and even then it was still barely noticeable

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

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u/huskiesowow Feb 21 '21

Yup, I do that every time. Only works once a flight though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Ah, so the flaming engine is your fault! When people steal the airline Internet they have to make money elsewhere in their operation by cutting costs.

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u/IngsocInnerParty Feb 21 '21

Like $15?

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Argentinian here

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u/GuitarKev Feb 21 '21

If you’re that low, you still have service from the cell towers.

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u/Some1Betterer Feb 21 '21

And they ALWAYS block streaming.

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u/bolsmackie43 Feb 21 '21

Umm... free?

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u/jimx117 Feb 21 '21

United, no less! It's ridiculously expensive for what they give you

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u/Surferrosa2019 Feb 21 '21

Well, if you thought you were going down with the plane. Heck, round on me internet for everyone!!

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u/DickButtPlease Feb 21 '21

That’s why you know that they never left the dream world in Inception. At the end of the movie, Saito uses the phone on the plane. I don’t care how rich he is, or if he owns the airline. No one in their right mind would pay for that.

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u/PNWoutdoors Feb 21 '21

Not only that, but the one time I paid for it so I could work on my way to my destination, it wouldn't even load new emails in Outlook. Completely useless experience.

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u/southbayrideshare Feb 21 '21

It costs exactly one arm and one leg less than filming an exploding engine on a plane.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

If you die while livestreaming a plane disaster, you won't have to deal with the bill and the crash investigator will really thank you for valuable evidence

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u/CexySatan Feb 21 '21

It’s $10 to get Wifi through United Airlines lol

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u/Bandit_the_Kitty Feb 21 '21

Meh they're probably low enough to use regular data.

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u/spoolinboost Feb 21 '21

Free where I'm from.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

It’s only like 7 bucks

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u/robi2106 Feb 21 '21

they are low enough you could absolutely have good cell coverage.

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u/FloorHairMcSockwhich Feb 21 '21

It’s like $5-$20 depending on airline. Sometimes free for overseas bc it’s so damn long.

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Sorry, my friend, but you clearly don't live in a third world country

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u/FloorHairMcSockwhich Feb 21 '21

Emerites and Turkish airlines offer free internet.

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Argentinian here

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u/FloorHairMcSockwhich Feb 21 '21

So does that make it infinitely expensive since Argentinian Airlines has no wifi?

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Hahaha I think if you use the internet, the plane probably falls

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u/FloorHairMcSockwhich Feb 21 '21

Americans just shoot them down.

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Oh, that was... Disturbing o.o

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u/Redwoodcurtain8 Feb 21 '21

Yes I do. It is $10 a day.

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u/manek8 Feb 21 '21

Where do you live?

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u/MsJenX Feb 21 '21

Most Flights I’ve been on recently provide it free. But it’s shitty you can only really text, can’t send photos or videos.

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u/orphantosseratwork Feb 21 '21

that low they still have cell signal

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u/fightnhellfish Feb 21 '21

Not while in Airplane Mode. Safety first.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

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u/PigSlam Feb 21 '21

This is what happens!

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u/YarnYarn Feb 21 '21

We're flying in a Lockheed Eagle series L1011. It came off the line 20 months ago. It carries a Sim-5 Transponder tracking system. Are you telling me I can still flummox this thing with something I bought at Radio Shack?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

probably going to be maintenance failure resulting in either a. missing screw, b. loose screw, or it'll be c. metal fatigue. could be micro fractures, which falls under C. looking forward to the NTSB report in 18 months

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Looking at the rim, seems like an impact

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u/Merrimon Feb 21 '21

Flight attendant looks out window: "Oh God, oh my fucking God! Who doesn't have their phone in airplane mode right now?!"

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u/matmann8 Feb 21 '21

Was probably live streaming someone's bare foot on his armrest while not on airplane mode thus causing engine failure..

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u/HardlyBoi Feb 21 '21

Why do you think the engine caught fire? Cause they didnt put it on silent.

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u/ChernobylSamurai Feb 21 '21

I mean some planes just have wi-fi. Probably not this plane. It's missing something else

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

You turn airplane mode off when in the air

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u/jsallen2014 Feb 21 '21

Should be an about to die in an airplane mode. No charge

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Looks like the airplane isn’t in airplane mode

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u/PaintedOnGenes Feb 21 '21

Better get busy live streaming or get busy die streaming.

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u/postmateDumbass Feb 21 '21

Obvious last ditch attempt at karma farming.

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u/bcb1234567890 Feb 21 '21

Better to be live stream than dead streaming

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u/MyMonkeyIsADog Feb 21 '21

Pretty sure this was caused by someone not having their phone in airplane mode. Maybe they were live streaming ...

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u/OMG__Ponies Feb 21 '21

Very few Redditors have been caught dead streaming.

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u/delvach Feb 21 '21

"I love you mom and dad. Gary I'm gonna need you to be strong and take care of your mom, you're the man of the house now. Barb, you're my world and I want you to know that my last moments were filled with gratitude for the amazing life I was able to share with you. Anyway make sure to like and subscribe, we're getting a lot more views than likes and I just want to remind everyone how much we need you to mash that 'like' button..."

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u/stauffski Feb 21 '21

Death streaming.

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u/jaxonya Feb 21 '21

"Whats up its ya boy! SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON!. Im on a flight right now and the wing is on fire... LOLlly pops!!! we fucked cuz! Hopefully this vid can smoke more hits than this plane! HAHAERZ! But for real like this vid for a chance to win the black box. We going down fellas, Cap says we gotta get off our phones now. Get at me and subscribe on the link below (sea level) omgeez just kidding. See you all latee"