Boeing 737 Max

zell12

..Latest mishap - an engine cover on a Boeing 737-800 fell off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap

https://abcnews.go.com/US/southwest-flight-denver-makes-emergency-landing-after-mechanical/story?id=108963866

and further to the January incident in Portland, Boeing paying out $50m/month

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68737292

Tenzor07

Media reports really do go "Viral" when it's anything to do with a Boeing manufactured planes… When in this case it's a old 737-800 and so it's a maintenance issue with Southwest's engineering department.

john boye

Yeah give them a break guys, jeez

HTCOne

Have read countless instances of open latches on CFM56 engine cowlings being missed on walkarounds by flight crew and engineers over the years (not that this is necessarily the cause here mind). The latches are on the underside of the engines and on some types the low ground clearance under the engine makes it more difficult to see.

Hotblack Desiato

737 has lower clearance under the engine than pretty much anything else, of course, which doesn't help.

banie01

Another whistle blower comes forward with some quite serious claims.

His formal complaint to the FAA, filed in January and made public Tuesday, was not entirely new — the FAA had already investigated Boeing over 787 production concerns and halted 787 deliveries. But Salehpour’s complaint shed new light on how crews assembling the 787 Dreamliner apparently failed to properly fill tiny gaps when joining separately manufactured parts of the fuselage for 1,000 planes. That could add stress on the planes’ joints, something that can be hard to identify in inspections, Salehpour said.

He alleged Boeing knew about the process errors and, what’s more, encouraged them in order to reduce 787 assembly bottlenecks.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/investing/boeing-safety-problems/index.html

Potentially damning if any of the accusations are even remotely correct.

banie01

More KC46 woes for Boeing. They finally get a handle on the remote viewing system issues, get the delivery schedule for the Pegasus moving again and then?

https://www.twz.com/air/cracks-in-kc-46-pegusus-tankers-halt-all-deliveries

Cracks are found on primary structural components on 2 out of 4 aircraft awaiting delivery. If we are looking for a bright spot in this story? At least it was found by Boeing QA pre-delivery. It is though, IMHO further damning illustration of the issues with Boeing production control and QA.

Primary structural issues should not be being discovered at pre-delivery stage. If the issues discovered can be reworked/repaired? At this point it's a massive job versus it being found at manufacturing. The incoming QA & process QA failures that have led to a 50% rejection rate on 4 airframes? Is illustrative of continuing systemic QA failure, at the component manufacturer, at inbound QA, during in process QA and assembly.

On an airframe that existing issues have at my last check last April, already cost Boeing $7billion in write downs. An airframe that is of vital strategic important to the USAF in ensuring it has ability to operate in the Pacific and at range.

TLDR; Boeing continue to find new ways to burn cash and goodwill.

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123224960#Comment_123224960

More bad news for Boeing and the KC-46. A boom broke off during a refuelling mission potentially damaging at least 1 F-22 aswell.
It may be operator or pilot error but, Boeing and its continuing involvement in cock-ups wouldnt inspire confidence for me in their ability to fix production issues across its jetliner and military derivatives range, whalst also expecting them to introduce a wholly new 6th Gen fighter in the F-47 and a new trainer in the T-&.
And to do so whilst they continue building F15 & F18 along with their existing missile and satellite work too.

Every time I think they have turned a corner?
They find a new hurdle to fall under…

https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission