737 Concerns

[Charlie Bravo]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, ... 02,00.html

[TobyV]

Ah well, sounds like its Boeing's turn to have a cr@p week instead of Airbus... Make a change I guess

[Garry Russell]

True or not.........you never really know what goes on behing closed doors.
:think:

Garry

[TobyV]

My gut feeling is there might be a bit of truth in there, perhaps deliberate, perhaps a cockup, with a healthy dollop of journalistic sensationalism to make it a good article, not that I am cynical I guess if they have broken some rules then theres a case to answer, but in the last 15 years I have flown more times on 737s than on any other a/c type and given the number they have sold thats probably true of a lot of people. All of my flights were perfectly ok and no 737s have crash landed in my garden recently, so I'd say its probably a pretty reliable plane

[AndyG]

I particularly liked the bit about drawing the shapes on with Magic Markers; "Can ya see what it is yet"?

Mind you, I always though the engine pods on the early (-200) models looked as though they were a strapped on after thought, maybe they were drawn on to the blue prints with a magic marker?

AndyG

[VEGAS]

Nowt wrong with pigs...!

[VC10]

As Toby says probably a healthy dose of sensationalism in there. The thousands they talk of could be just one batch.

It is not totally unheard of for a componant not to be exactly to spec, in which case the airplane manufacturer, as the design authority,will issue a document to say that the componant is 'fit for purpose' and that will allow it to be used. This may be the case this time.

Somewhere along the line there has to be an inspector who will certify the assembly and the customer will also have to accept the assembly after inspecting it him/herself