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They are jealous of Boeing?
1 posted on 11/15/2024 2:43:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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“It was found lodged behind the low-pressure compressor (LPC) blades.”

I think every screwdriver I’ve ever bought is lodged in the exact same place.


2 posted on 11/15/2024 2:53:08 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Yikes! Aircraft operators have systems in place to prevent catastrophic accidents like this could have been. And in this case they had the system - and simply overrode it because it was creating a headache (presumably some software was saying in effect "DO NOT FLY THIS AIRCRAFT UNTIL YOU FIX X", and rather than find and fix the problem, somebody just thought X was a bit of red tape and canceled the alert.)

Heads should roll as the proper response. They had a system, the system would have been effective if followed, but the responsible people flat out didn't follow it because it was an inconvenience to them. Perish the thought of having to get out of their cushy seats to keep looking for a tool until it was found!

3 posted on 11/15/2024 2:53:13 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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Oh, I believe that this is mandatory.


4 posted on 11/15/2024 2:54:39 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Maybe the rest of them would run better if these things were left in the engines. ;^)


5 posted on 11/15/2024 2:56:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Maintenance crews did search for the tool, but it wasn’t found during two inspections – first because it was dark and an engineer didn't use a flashlight, ……..

Anyone else find it weird how every time you find something that’s missing, it’s always in the last place you looked?

6 posted on 11/15/2024 2:57:17 PM PST by hole_n_one
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Has anyone seen my basin wrench?


7 posted on 11/15/2024 2:57:37 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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nobody noticed the empty space on the pegboard???


8 posted on 11/15/2024 3:02:57 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Oh, My! A long time ago, before automobiles became computerized, I just loved tuning up, maintenance, etc. Timing and dwell, points and gappers, advancing or retarding the distributor.

A coworker found out, and asked me to look at his car. He kept buying new batteries, but they would die. I drove the car to my home, popped the hood, and there, on top of the wheel well, was a hack saw. Turns out the coworker’s brother had cut the serpentine belt because the air conditioning would not turn off. I told the coworker to NEVER let his brother near the car again.


11 posted on 11/15/2024 3:12:02 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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Maintenance crews did search for the tool, but it wasn’t found during two inspections – first because it was dark and an engineer didn't use a flashlight, and the second time because the inlet cowl where it sat was not examined.

Boy that's reassuring isn't it?!

12 posted on 11/15/2024 3:14:21 PM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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I drove from Chicago to Philadelphia with only 1 lug nut attached, other 4 lug nits loose inside the wheel cover.

In Pennsylvania, at a gas station, the attendant checked fluid levels and I resumed driving through mountainous roads there. At next stop I open the hood to check fluid levels and discovered the brake fluid reservoir cover was left open and the brake fluid had escaped all over the engine. Luckily enough brake fluid was left to stop the car.


13 posted on 11/15/2024 3:14:27 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Congrats to Trump/Vance team. America has been saved. For a while at least. )
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When I worked aircraft maintenance in the Air Force, ALL tools had to be accounted for when we returned to the shop.

Also, EVERY screw, nut, or bolt dropped must be recovered no matter what had to be taken apart to get to it.

Heads should roll.


16 posted on 11/15/2024 3:18:24 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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they joined the mile high club...


17 posted on 11/15/2024 3:22:45 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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A few years back I had my Range Rover serviced. Two or three weeks later I popped the hood and found a large wrench like device in a cavity near the window wash fluid container. Called the dealership and they, as it was an unusual tool used only for a specific repair, immediately sent someone over to retrieve it.
The employee told me they had looked for it everywhere in the shop area as apparently it was an expensive tool, used infrequently so they only had one in their tool inventory.


20 posted on 11/15/2024 3:34:24 PM PST by BluH2o
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I have found that bulldozers are notorious for swallowing tools into their belly pans such tools never to be seen again.


23 posted on 11/15/2024 3:41:18 PM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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And on the best flight possible to lose an engine halfway: Sydney <—> LA. At least 10 hours over the Pacific.


25 posted on 11/15/2024 3:44:45 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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They bought their tickets.
They knew what they were getting in to.
I say, let-um crash!


26 posted on 11/15/2024 3:45:07 PM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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They do way a way better job at Uncle Ed’s oil change.


28 posted on 11/15/2024 3:50:45 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
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Yikes - why was that aircraft not Red X’d?

Don’t they use tool cutouts and chits for tools taken out of toolboxes and the master toolkits?

And then check for tool accountability at the end of the worksheet?

Good grief.


32 posted on 11/15/2024 4:16:57 PM PST by Fury
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I belong to the 10 millimeter socket of the month club


33 posted on 11/15/2024 4:18:27 PM PST by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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Please. The sort of thing has nothing to do with Airbus. Or Boeing. Or Embraer. Or any other aircraft MANUFACTURER.

It has Everything to do with bad tool discipline at the airline. They violated 100% tool accountability.


43 posted on 11/15/2024 5:01:36 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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