<story><title>Missing windows discovered on U.S.-bound plane after departing London</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1212144515/plane-missing-window-london-us</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>danielvf</author><text>Just to add some color on this from a lighting point of view. The film lights used look like Maxibrutes[1], which are 12,000 watts of old school, non-LED power per fixture. Looks like they used six lights, so 72,000 watts.&lt;p&gt;Now in a past life, I&amp;#x27;ve stood a similar distance in front of a giant, super diffuse 72,000 watt light, while wearing full body welding protective gear&amp;#x2F;goggles, and it was cooking hot right through all the leather gear.&lt;p&gt;However, this looks even worse - it looks like they are using very tight beams on those fixtures. From the photos on the ground with the lights, it looks like only three and half windows are getting lit up. That&amp;#x27;s an insane amount of power being concentrated into a small space, and yeah, I&amp;#x27;d believe it could wreck some damage.&lt;p&gt;(Hah, just read the AAIB report[2], yes, they are indeed Maxibrutes)&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.filmgear.net&amp;#x2F;index.php?route=product&amp;#x2F;product&amp;amp;product_id=841&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.filmgear.net&amp;#x2F;index.php?route=product&amp;#x2F;product&amp;amp;pro...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.publishing.service.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;6544b3089e05fd0014be7c9b&amp;#x2F;S2-2023__Airbus_A321-253NX_G-OATW.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.publishing.service.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;6544b3089e05f...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Missing windows discovered on U.S.-bound plane after departing London</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1212144515/plane-missing-window-london-us</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>OJFord</author><text>The linked AAIB report is pretty interesting, and surprisingly easy reading.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.publishing.service.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;6544b3089e05fd0014be7c9b&amp;#x2F;S2-2023__Airbus_A321-253NX_G-OATW.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.publishing.service.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;6544b3089e05f...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also interesting from the article:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; An engineer and co-pilot went back to take a look at the window&lt;p&gt;Is that the same person? Or would they ordinarily be flying with 2&amp;#x2F;3 pilots and also an engineer? Or did they just happen to have an engineer among the nine passengers on board to call upon like they might a doctor?&lt;p&gt;Although, with 11 crew and 9 passengers, maybe they do just routinely fly with a doctor, engineer, dentist, therapist, ...?! (It&amp;#x27;s not actually stated, but seems like maybe it is the film studio or whatever&amp;#x27;s plane, not that it just happened to be loaned out for filming beforehand. So maybe a funny crew list is more likely than otherwise.)</text></comment>