Another Boeing 737
Are the darn things cursed or what? 🤷
I’m reading that there’s a terrible shortage of competent aircraft mechanics. And/or DEI is putting incompetent people into the job.
I won’t blame Boeing for this...they don’t make the engines. In fact in a lot of cases the airline specifies which engines the aircraft they buy will be fitted with, so one airline’s planes will have Pratt & Whitney, the next can have GE, and the next may have Rolls-Royce. May or may not be true for the 737s. I’ve been away from the industry for almost 15 years now.
It has nothing to do with the airplane's structural integrity. It was the engine.
However let the hysteria continue.
First of all, the Boeing 737 is the most widely used aircraft model. It’s like comparing car accidents with motorcycle accidents with truck accidents. Of course there will be more car accidents.
Secondly, dealing with a compressor stall is an Abnormal Procedure, not an Emergency Procedure. Even an engine failure is only an Abnormal Procedure. The plane will fly quite well until it runs out of fuel.
Thirdly, I doubt the plane nose dived. If anything, the pitch was lowered slightly to stop the climb.
[Aviation titbit - the normal two engine level attitude is about 2.5 degrees nose up. The normal one engine level attitude is 7 degrees and a climb attitude is 12 degrees.]
Of course some people in the back knew they were going to die. SMH They should have been more worried about missing their connection.
EC