Loose panel on ATR 72, is this dangerous?

It’s the same as your door card on your car being lose at the bottom. Sure, the rattle might piss you off but the wheels aren’t going to fall off because of it.

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Temporary_Insect7816@reddit

Don’t know a lot about planes, but I assume that interior panel is more aesthetic than structural.

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I mean there are some structural requirements like "If you have explosive pressure loss in the cabin, the panel should stay in place" so the danger might be that the part falls off. But thats about it.

Probably just a loose clip

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shutdown-s@reddit

That panel is the least of your worries in an EXPLOSIVE decompression.

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netz_pirat@reddit

You may want to tell that to our customers...

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Vanya_Ale@reddit

Yes, you got it exactly that’s not a structural part of the plane

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srcDaniela@reddit

oh my gosh, the plane will come apart on the next flight....

/s

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MattStormTornado@reddit

Inner panels aren’t structural so you’re fine but I’d mention it to the crew

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RATBOYE@reddit

No, you're good. In future though, you can notify the cabin crew and they will add it to the maintenance log to be fixed.

I'm an aircraft mechanic, I haven't worked on ATRs for a while now but IIRC that sideliner slips into some brackets on the lower grey dado panel - the brackets may have broken as they're quite flimsy or they didn't engage properly when the sideliner was fitted. It's impossible to tell unless you give it a thump to make sure it's secure after putting the sideliner back in. Probably was taken out to fix something like a broken windowshade on a turnaround or overnight, those ATR windowshades absolutely suck and fail all the time.

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Penjrav8r@reddit

I was expecting you to start talking about middle earth in that second paragraph

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doubletaxed88@reddit

Did you die?

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DerGuteFee@reddit

Not trying to be snarky, but asking the cabin crew on site and/or pointing out the issue, was that ever considered?

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DouglasPRthesecond@reddit

Its connected to the left rudder, so you can help the pilot in hard turns.

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doctorfortoys@reddit

Keep pushing on it and FO.

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words_in_helvetica@reddit

The interior fittings just keep the monkeys away from the airplane skin.

The biggest risk is nervous monkeys.

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doubledogmongrel@reddit

The 'monkeys' are typically referred to as 'SLF' (self loading freight...) in some circles.

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pdxnormal@reddit

Don’t try and sugar coat this! Tell them the truth!That’s chem trail juice getting ready to explode!!

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bikemaul@reddit

The solution is charging the monkeys in complex ways to use optimally addictive media screens while in flight.

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QuikWitt@reddit

lol - this!!!

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Jolly-End5420@reddit

Had uhm similar thing happen on my flight in ,... on the emergency exit i was sitting next

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pdxnormal@reddit

And you were sucked out AND you’re back on a plane again!?!

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Jolly-End5420@reddit

Not funny some people have fear of flying...plane anxiety and these things dont help oh well howd you understand

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ArtyMacFly@reddit

No it’s not.

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pdxnormal@reddit

😄

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sawito@reddit

Any looser and the wings will fall off - it's the wing box structural support panel (WBSSP)

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pdxnormal@reddit

Finally a truth teller

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Username-Not-Found07@reddit

Just a decorative panel. No impact on the integrity of the plane. All good

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pdxnormal@reddit

He’s lying to you! Threaten the sky hag with your plastic fork. Demand to be let off the plane now!

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RealUlli@reddit

Dangerous? No.

But I'd take note and be more picky about the airline in the future. Broken stuff in the cabin just shows how thorough their maintenance is. If an airline has no issues in the cabin, chances are the rest that really matters is no worse.

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