that's so scary it's funny....
Speaking of duct tape:
I flew in a small fokker turbo prop plane on a job in New Hampshire. I noticed a really cold draft coming from the panel in front of me right by my right knee. It was fricken FREEZING. So I stuffed my jacket over it and grinned a bore it.
So during the job, I thought: you know, they probably don't have many planes going back and forth I might just end up on the same plane. So I put a strip of duct tape on the inside flap of my laptop case. Sure enough, I got the same seat on the same plane on the way back. Same cold draft.
What did I do? Well peeled off that strip of duct tape, covered the crack and was toasty warm all the way home. DId I remove it? Nope left it there so the next passenger would be comfy too lol