Weird marks on Ryanair 737 hull

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gavriellloken@reddit

My airline uses small silver circles to indicate previously seen dents that were within limits. May be the same for them.

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I checked with a Ryanair Maintenance manager and ur right. But most of the time they put it on because they have to and nothing else comes of it, till full maintenance period. Also fun fact Ryanair does weekly random drug and alcohol tests (at least in the place they work)

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DRYGEOLOG@reddit

Same here, they use to be numbered

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PerformerPossible204@reddit

Still are.

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Gwthrowaway80@reddit

But they used to be, too

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fatdaddi2@reddit

If you know, you know

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mrshulgin@reddit

I used to know

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FLHCv2@reddit

I still know, too.

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Redebo@reddit

I used to have a receipt for a donut.

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bobar84c@reddit

Some of them look so close one to another so they could be counted by one boeing and airbus use similar procedure. It could be stickers but I never saw this kind of marking so close... other thing looking by lenght some of them must be on stringer or frame which is not allowed and repair would be done. If they are in limit or A category, inspection is not required after certain flight cycles, they should be recorded in dent and buckle chart... as allowable damage

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birdgassm@reddit

That's exactly what they are! The number references an entry in the AML!!

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estunum@reddit

Is this were uhaul got the idea?

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snazzydesign@reddit

Braille- so the blind pilots know the right plane

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Dragonogard549@reddit

that's braille, it just spells Ryanair, and the aircraft registration just in case an ATC'er is blind.

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Dutchmondo@reddit

It's braille for blind birds so they know it's a plane, and the don't get hit by it.

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C4-621-Raven@reddit

Tracking marks for lightning strike damage. Small burns are allowed in service until the next heavy maintenance visit where they will be addressed, until then they have to marked and tracked.

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A_storia@reddit

They’ll be addressed a lot sooner than the next C check but the limits will be in the Structural Repair Manual

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Kaptenenin@reddit

This is the answer

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Luckinflux@reddit

Braile so that blind pilots know what plane they are flying

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PlusminusDucky@reddit

Its Barille for blind mechanics, to know which plane they are working on

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DrEarlGreyIII@reddit

clearly it’s small arms fire

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Boeing367-80@reddit

Leprechauns armed with tiny automatic weapons.

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kylleo@reddit

Those bloody Dundee blokes (First time being british how did i do)

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hoppertn@reddit

I see you too have flown into the war torn East Midlands.

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devandroid99@reddit

A t-rex shot at it?

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DrEarlGreyIII@reddit

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cyanide_sunrise2002@reddit

Must've flown over south London again.

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BestAd5436@reddit

They are numbers that correspond to the Dents and Buckle Chart. Any dents and buckles are numbered so that if you see a dent or buckle, you can then check if it’s on the chart or not.

You will generally see them on the newer airplanes as with time the stickers fall off.

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scheisskopf53@reddit

So after they fall off, people stop caring??

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llaurinsky@reddit

Most airlines keep a digital record of the D&B chart with all the details for each damage, so it is not a big deal if the stickers fall off.

Also, most of the damages recorded on the chart are usually serviceable as-is with no re-inspection requirement. If a damage needs a re-inspection or a permanent repair it is also tracked in the same software that keeps the digital record of the chart, so the sticker falling off is not an issue (other than for the crew to crosscheck if a damage has already been assessed or not).

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scheisskopf53@reddit

Yeah but that's what I was thinking - the whole purpose of the stickers seems to be to cross-check if there're no new dents - so how do people do it after they fall off?

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Thomas3003@reddit

When you do an inspection and spot any damage the first place you go is the damage chart. It's all recorded with locations and details of damage. So if there's no sticker you check it that way

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fighterace00@reddit

And add a new sticker I presume

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WetCoastCyph@reddit

A big piece of this is to stop the ground crew reporting known dents, which takes time to check and can cause delays. So, if it falls off, they just check and slap a new one on, I imagine.

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showMeYourPitties10@reddit

As former ground crew, I headset or just go into the flightdeck and tell the captain "I got damage that look like this (shows photo) on left fuseal between these parts, is it logged?" The FO will be looking for it during their walk-around if it's not logged. If it is logged the FO will still look at it.

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Odd_Championship_745@reddit

The purpose of such sticker is to visually confirm a dent or damage you detected during walk around or RAMP1 was already captured by the system. If the sticker falls off you go in the Dent & Buckle chart to record it and you will find that it is already there. Easy peasy

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showMeYourPitties10@reddit

They are pretty hardy and usually have a date on repair if i recall ramp life correctly. Im tech ops now on the non-maitanace side and get panels sent to me with pictures of "tags" that they are replacing.

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Gopnikolai@reddit

I'd imagine they just get re-stickered the next time somebody inspects it.

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notaballitsjustblue@reddit

Yeah you’re doomed. Jeez.

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obecalp23@reddit

I hope you’re not the pilot doing the pre-flight check

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_Someone_from_Pala_@reddit

Ngl, I read that title as "Weird marks on my Ryanair 737 hull" and thought this was Michael O'Leary posting.

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LLaasseee@reddit

It’s for blind geese so they know there’s an aircraft there when they’re flying

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oldlae@reddit

Lightening strike damage

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devoduder@reddit

Braille for the blind pilots.

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ScaryDuck2@reddit

Starling

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iku@reddit

Looks like classic Lightning Strike damage. Generally a lot of Airlines use those to mark identified damage to the hull.

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theroch_@reddit

Braille so the pilot knows which plane is his

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SnooMemesjellies9803@reddit

There stickers to indicate damage that they deem not too be too serious but I've heard that especially with the new maxs they literally mark every tiny bit of damage to get compensation, only what I've heard from working at Ryanair for 5 yrs

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Ready_Island_8940@reddit

Les compagnies low cost sont au moins aussi sur que les air France Emirates ce qui change c'est la communication et le rapport avec le client

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edwardkastaspel@reddit

Those dents seem to be product of some structural forces on a strut or lack there of, strange pattern.

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labaticus@reddit

Braille for the pilots.

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Vayaonda@reddit

Sticker with numbers locating the damages on the damage chart. Probably rivets damaged by lightning strike.

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peskypedaler@reddit

It's Braile for "Banksy"

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Junkymonke@reddit

Was dropping some special forces off in Iran.

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OstentatiousIt@reddit

Braille for the pilots to tell the front from the back.

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johnzara@reddit

Had to double check if this was r/shittyaskflying

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OstentatiousIt@reddit

I did the same before posting but just couldn't help myself.

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IPlayGames1337@reddit

It's hit an iceberg

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HenchmanAce@reddit

"But the plane can't sink!"

"She's made of aluminum alloy sir, I assure you she can... and she will."

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fiittzzyy@reddit

Don't Sink!!

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lifeofblu3@reddit

Star constellations that the pilots can reference to for celestial navigation in case the gps malfunctions

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For how it looks I believe is due a lighting strike.

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