As I always say, tip of the iceberg with Boeing. It needs a major sweep. A drained swamp in terms of leadership.
1. incompetence
2. greed
3. sabotage
4. outsourcing(see 1,2 and 3)
I hope they fix this before Wednesday. We will fly SWA.
As many as 148 parts made by a Boeing supplier
Unnamed Boeing supplier.
What country do you suppose the supplier is in?
This wouldn’t be top news if it were anybody but Boeing.
There’s no indication that these parts have caused problems, and airworthiness directives are common.
Makes you wonder...
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/193320-does-boeing-737-airplane-have-dangerous-structural-problems
The matter of their subs has never been fully-addressed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWxxtzBTxGU
If you’ve never seen the video segment above, you will now have a different perspective on commercial flight and the FAA.
“may have faulty...”. “could have an effect...”
Personally I think this is really unfair and amounts to piling on.
There appears not to be any certainty to what may be baseless claims. This is yet more of the miserable media trying to create a problem when it may not exist so they have something to write about?
China
If the slats may crack, it is not the supplier, but the metallurgy that is the problem.....that is determined by the mill used to source the material for the slat fabricator.
Every part used on an aircraft has traceability. Metals have the source certificate with test results.
It sounds like something was amiss and was caught during an routine audit.
There have been at least two incidents of the guide bolts in theses slat track assemblies coming loose or human failure of the installation that caused the wing fuel tank to be punctured. One incident caused the complete loss of the aircraft which was fortunately on the ground at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_120
From an article regarding the previous failed parts. But, may be relevant now
“Shi said Moog is the exclusive supplier for all models of the Boeing 737, including the Max planes, and NHJ is the only supplier for this SPOF part for the 737 spoiler. His conservative estimate is that 500 Boeing planes may have been compromised, and are still in service.” (March 2019)
If I were Boeing, I would stop all 737 MAX production, send all the completed planes to various storage yards around the USA, and slowly release the fixed planes once the FAA allows them to fly again.