Duct Tape Failure Caused Wings to Fall Off Boecrashing 711 Legoliner Aircraft

Airlines scrambling to strengthen their Legoliner planes with staples

Is the string used to fix the Legoliner’s wheels to the plane strong enough? (Photo by Joël Super, Pexels)

Federal investigators say the Legoliner passenger aircraft that lost its wings while taxing for takeoff at New York’s JFK Airport recently suffered a catastrophic failure of the duct tape that attaches the wings to the fuselage. Luckily, the aircraft’s passengers…