TikTok User Films Spirit Employee Fixing Aircraft Wing With Tape
TikTok User Films Spirit Airlines Employee Using Duct Tape On Aircraft Wing Minutes Before Take Off
Spirit Airlines has gone viral again for being the Soul Plane of airlines.
While on board a Spirit flight from Dallas, a Black TikTok user named @MyHoneySmacks put the Florida-based company on blast after she caught a maintenance worker repairing the wing of the aircraft with what appeared to be duct tape. The plane was minutes from taking off when the woman filmed the alarming video, posted April 25.
âAnd this is the exact reason why I donât fly with Spirit,â the Black TikToker said. âI donât care if it is aviation airplane tape or nothing. The fact that you even have to tape the plane together, and then youâre doing it while people are on the flight like we cannot see you. Thatâs the reason right there I will not fly with Spirit.â
The concerned passenger was worried that the duct tape would lose its âstickinessâ mid-flight.
âYou fly all around the world, and you got a tap holding it together,â the woman continued, flaming the airline again for their cheap and unsafe maintenance.
âBaby, no, donât even worry about it.â
TikTok users sound off about the alarming video.
The airline employee was using a product called âspeed tapeâ to fix the aircraft’s wing. Itâs an aluminum pressure-sensitive tape for minor repairs on planes and race cars. But the womanâs safety concerns were valid, and with Spiritâs notorious nature of nickel and diming their customers, they should be able to afford proper upkeep for their planes.
In the comments section, some TikTok users were also perplexed and shocked by the low-budget repair work.
âI would have definitely got off that plane, smh,â one person penned.Â
A second user commented, âThis plane in this condition needs to be on the ground for maintenance thatâs not safe, and itâs against flight regulations. For safety reasons.â
A third person wrote that it was âwildâ for the airline repair worker to be fixing the wing of the aircraft âin full view of passengers.â
Twitter users also sounded off about the video. And naturally, some internet comedians took the opportunity to joke about the cheap airline for their bummy repair maintenance. A few people seemed perplexed that the woman had never heard of speed tape. Other well-known airlines like Delta and Southwest use it, too.
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