Shocked passenger snaps airport worker using TAPE on easyJet plane engine just moments before take-off

DIY fix it job on plane's engine is caught on camera - but easyJet quick to tell passenger 'Please be reassured it is nothing structural'

Pictures taken by a shocked passenger of an airport worker sticking tape onto the engine of an easyJet plane just moments before take off have been shared by tens of thousands of people online.

A passenger snapped the DIY fix it job in action of the worker applying tape over a join in the turbine casing yesterday.

The nerve jangling image has already been viewed by more than 20,000 people online.

@adtomwood posted the snap on Twitter saying: "Always worrying when easyJet are duct taping the plane together :-s #finaldestination"

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