Fasten your seatbelts

[jon-nyc]

Tree branches could easily slow an iPhone’s descent.

[George K]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/08/united-airlines-737-max-9-inspections-turn-up-loose-bolts.html

United Airlines
said Monday that it has found loose bolts on door plugs of several Boeing
737 Max 9 planes during inspections spurred when a panel of that type blew out during an Alaska Airlines
flight using that type of aircraft last week.

Alaska Airlines later Monday said its initial inspections of the jets had turned up “loose hardware” and that, “No aircraft will be returned to service” until formal reviews are complete.

“The safety of these aircraft is our priority and we will take the time and steps necessary to ensure their airworthiness, in close partnership with the FAA,” Alaska Airlines said in a statement.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday grounded dozens of 737 Max 9s after the panel blew out midflight on Alaska Flight 1282.

Alaska has 65 of the Max 9 planes in its fleet. United has 79, making it the biggest operator of the jet model.

“Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug — for example, bolts that needed additional tightening,” United said in a statement. “These findings will be remedied by our Tech Ops team to safely return the aircraft to service.”

[Mik]

[Mik]

Boeing has corrected their 737 Max planes and they are ready to fly.

[George K]

[Copper]

Our diversity is our strength

[George K]

The good(ish) news: The bolts on the door weren't loose.

The (very) bad news: They weren't there at all.

[Jolly]

Well, QA seems to be slightly lacking...

[Mik]

GM-like.

[George K]

[George K]

Saw a story about former Boeing engineers saying that they would NEVER fly on a 737 Max - poor design, worse maintenance, etc.

And this - A Cycle of Misery: The Business of Building Commercial Aircraft

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/a-cycle-of-misery-the-business-of?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=104058&post_id=141239420&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=9bg2k&utm_medium=email

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-delays-some-737-max-deliveries-after-new-quality-defect-2024-02-05/

"This past Thursday, a supplier notified us of a non-conformance in some 737 fuselages. I want to thank an employee at the supplier who flagged to his manager that two holes may not have been drilled exactly to our requirements," Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said in a letter to staff referring to Spirit, which is the sole 737 fuselage supplier.
"While this potential condition is not an immediate flight safety issue and all 737s can continue operating safely, we currently believe we will have to perform rework on about 50 undelivered airplanes," Deal said in the letter