Boeing Emergency Slide Falls Off During Takeoff and Lands in Backyard of Lawyer Suing Boeing
Those working against Boeing haven’t had the best of luck in recent months.
Published 10 months ago in Facepalm
Those working against Boeing haven’t had the best of luck in recent months.
Those working against Boeing haven’t had the best of luck in recent months. From dying under mysterious circumstances, to having their tires slashed, to dying under *different* mysterious circumstances, speaking out about the company seems like an easy way to have strange and dangerous things happen to you.
Well, it brings me no pleasure to say that it’s happened again, though this is admittedly more strange than dangerous.
Last week, an emergency slide fell off a Boeing plane shortly after takeoff (these planes can’t do anything right!). While it was initially lost, it later showed up on the shore of a beach. Who lived on that beach, you ask? Why, none other than lawyer Jake Bissell-Linsk, whose firm sued Boeing after one of its planes lost a door plug midair earlier this year.
Chute retrieved from the jetty in Rockaway. @Delta must have been looking for this ???? pic.twitter.com/cYMEnkvVzB
— Katie McFadden (@KatieMcFaddenNY) April 28, 2024
According to HuffPost, the lawyer “discovered the deflated slide washed up outside his oceanfront home near New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday.”
Delta has since confirmed that this was, in fact, the slide that fell off the Boeing plane, and that they’re working with the relevant authorities to figure out what happened. The HuffPost article also notes that there were more issues with the flight than just the slide falling off.
“The Los Angeles-bound Delta flight, carrying 183 people, declared an in-flight emergency after a vibration was detected shortly after takeoff on Friday,” writes author Nina Golgowski. “The plane safely returned to the airport, where the right wing’s slide panel was discovered to be open, according to a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration and an emergency slide had fallen out of the plane.”
It turns out, you’re not even safe from Boeing if you stay on the ground.
The Rock Is Constantly Late and Pees in Water Bottles, Say Coworkers
Filing this under “things I could have happily gone my entire life without knowing,” former colleagues of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently revealed that, amongst other things, The Rock pees in water bottles to save time when shooting movies.
Published 10 months ago in Funny
Filing this under “things I could have happily gone my entire life without knowing,” former colleagues of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently revealed that, amongst other things, The Rock pees in water bottles to save time when shooting movies.
Filing this under “things I could have happily gone my entire life without knowing,” former colleagues of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently revealed that, amongst other things, The Rock pees in water bottles to save time when shooting movies.
According to an “insider who knows the movie star well,” “On set, away from his trailer, if he needs to pee, he doesn’t go to the public bathroom. He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it.” Unsurprisingly, this upsets crew members, particularly those tasked with disposing of the bottles in question, but what can you do when a star as big as The Rock tasks you with something, no matter how ludicrous the request?
The Rock was allegedly constantly 7-8 hours late to work on his new film ‘RED ONE’, which caused costs of around $50M
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 30, 2024
People who previously worked with The Rock say he pees into water bottles to save time, which has upset crew members.
(Source: https://t.co/C1sdGJenKp) pic.twitter.com/WDGEEKsEch
Insiders also told The Wrap that The Rock often shows up as many as eight hours late to set, which would go part of the way to explaining why he feels so determined to save time that he pees in bottles. Pro tip, Dwayne: If you’re on time, you might be able to spare five minutes every now and then to make the trek to a bathroom.
The article that contains these revelations is an examination of the production of Red One, an upcoming action/comedy film starring Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and several other big names. Filming began in October 2022 and wrapped in February 2023, but had to be done around Johnson, who, in addition to often being late, missed several days of shooting; this blew out the budget by $50 million, bringing the total to $250 million.
The film was initially scheduled to be released on Prime Video by Christmas 2023, but was delayed until November 2024, with the studio citing the SAG-AFTRA strike as the reason. The film will now receive a theatrical release, and considering the star-studded lineup and release in time for Thanksgiving, it will probably do well, but these horror stories beg the question: When is a star too big to fail, or, more accurately, to be held accountable for his behavior?
Most of The Rock’s movies wouldn’t be described as good by any stretch of the imagination, but they’re usually reliable seat-fillers, particularly during the holiday season. For studios who prioritize money above all else, this would likely be enough of a reason to continue to overlook behavior that would see a less-famous actor functionally blacklisted.
At least we know that with this kind of diva behavior on sets, The Rock is extremely suited to that life in politics he’s been hinting at for years now — being an asshole is essentially a requirement for those guys.
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