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Old 7th Jan 2020, 01:26
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Originally Posted by Jet Jockey A4
It seems the passenger was videoing the problem while they were taxiing to the runway prior to the takeoff.

If so instead of continuing the video, why did he not say something to a crew member or at least have his friend shout out to the F/A that we think there is a problem with the wheel?
1. FA would have been strapped into their jumpseats.
2. Very likely the sparks would not have been present until the aircraft had achieved much more than taxi speed.Passenger cries out, FAs unlikely to react as by the time the sparks were flying the aircraft was already close to rotation.
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