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I'm curious, how does a flight crew not notice a window entirely missing?!? I get that most of the passengers were near the middle of the craft, but wouldn't it still have been fairly noticeable as the flight attendants were walking down the aisle? Or immediately upon takeoff? Why did it take them reaching 13,000 before it was obvious a window was not there? TFA doesn't really say.

My only guess is that the shades pulled down on most of the windows, not making the situation apparent. But even then, it one would imagine a substantial rattle from wind. Even cracking the window of my car at high speed is incredibly noisy, and my car can only go the fraction of the speed of an airplane. This whole thing is confusing.

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The windows weren't missing during inspection. They were lost during takeoff and in flight. The article says the plane was used in a theatrical production that involved very hot lights that melted the the window seals. No one noticed the melted seals and when the plane took off the windows came out. They found the windows on the runway.

That's a very obscure test case...

Ah, thanks -- still disturbing but a little more understandable now.

I wonder if there is some kind of industry policy against things like this. One airline or plane owner tries to make a quick buck with a plane, that results in a new FAA restriction in perpetuity for all US flights, causing exponentially more cost to all carriers.

So unexpected to see actual “hot lights” used on location nowadays. Most have gone for LED. I am kind of glad and sad at the same time.

If you already have the gear, no need to not use it.

On set, sure, but on the move, LED can be battery powered. But I’m camp Tungsten. :)

way to move the goal posts.

I don't understand... I'm not arguing any position in particular here. :)

"on set...but on the move"

Being mobile and being setup on set are like comparing apples and oranges. The only thing similar is there's a camera and some actors. Run-n-gun shooters looking for battery operated lighting think totally differently than a crew shooting not "on the move". You're essentially comparing a cinematic setup to a newsie while essentially insulting both.

I am very sorry and didn’t intend to insult anyone! (This time.)

There is no way leds can give as natural lights as a glowing wire of Wolfram? I am still missing the glow of real light bulbs. The leds gotten better but they still look fake.

They found one shattered pane on the runway.

Only the outside panes were missing. Hard to notice.

Ah, that makes much more sense. I must have missed that. Thanks for the clarification!

The window's windows, you could say.

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