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In reply to the discussion: Boeing plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver [View all]Warpy
(111,766 posts)67. My guess says that cowling parted company with the engine
due to metal fatigue. The stresses in that area are huge. Cracks might have been detected if staffing had been adequate and they'd looked for them. This is what I mean about having to cut corners.
Your guess could also be correct. I've never worked in aircraft maintenance. I"ve worked and I've seen what short staffing does.
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Boeing plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver [View all]
riversedge
Apr 7
OP
Hear, hear. In the past, you needed Gremlins to do what these 737-800s do all by themselves.
peppertree
Apr 7
#5
It's on Paramount+ also & YouTube has a lot of them, sometime under the other name "Mayday"
EX500rider
Apr 8
#72
Sounds like a conversation should be had with him by the various health and food safety folks n/t
ArkansasDemocrat1
Apr 7
#45
No, fuck Wall Street. Boeing got a CEO who is far more interested in shareholder profits than he is in
PatrickforB
Apr 7
#30
"Southwest Airlines plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver"
BadgerMom
Apr 8
#50
This aircraft was manufactured in 2015 - KDVR putting "Boeing" in the headline rather than "Southwest"
petronius
Apr 7
#18
The pilot reported that the crew heard a "bang" before the cowling separated.
LudwigPastorius
Apr 7
#43
It sounds like Boeing cut the quality control literally down to nothing with the 737.
cstanleytech
Apr 7
#44