Terrifying Moment WHEEL Falls off Fully Loaded Boeing 737 – WATCH

Daily Fetched ^ | April 23, 2024 | Jason Walsh

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"the 737’s design robustness needs to be recognized as a factor also."

Absolutely. There's a good article that was posted yesterday from The Atlantic about the loss of manufacturing and engineering capability in the USA. The full article in the original Atlantic site is worth reading.

Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing

So many of us have witnessed the demise of Engineering leadership in the executive ranks and on Boards of Directors.

[Fresh Wind]

Why circle? Just radio ahead and have an emergency landing at the destination?

Maybe by the time they reached the destination something else would have fallen off, like an engine.

[TNoldman]

As a Preventive Maintenance Engineer I get ridculef for wanting to check/change items before they fail!!! But, you know “When the Poop Hits the Prop” who gets H**l.

[steve86]

Unairworthy aircraft are not cleared for continued operation.

[DPMD]

Has Boeing followed Tyson’s example and hired all illegal aliens after dumping its American employees?

[DPMD]

Sam Brinton just popped a chubby.

[DPMD]

Nah. Just raise the excise tax on wheels.

[Candor7]

‘My kingdom for a horse~!”

nah!.......”My Kingdom for a torque wrench!”

A very weird twist.

[logi_cal869]

I see more reporting about the wheels falling off Boeing planes than the wheels having all fallen off the U.S.

/s

[6AL-4V]

Sloppy maintenance. Mechanic who performed tire change most likely didn’t install the two lock bolts on the axle nut. Left main gear outboard wheel, also called #1 main wheel. The rotation of the #1 main wheel would spin the axle nut off, if the two lock bolts were not installed. Right hand threads on all wheel positions.

[Seaplaner]

737s have been in service for over 50 years.

There are over 5,000 currently flying.

If main gear wheel security was ever an issue, it would have evidenced itself long, long before now.

This is a maintenance, and by extension, an airline issue.

I fly 737s frequently, and prefer them to most Airbus acft.

[BerryDingle]

It blew a “tranny.”

No, thats just ice cream