Posted on 03/26/2019 2:40:39 PM PDT by CaptainK
ORLANDO, Fla. (FOX 35 ORLANDO) - A Southwest plane that was on its way to be grounded had to make an emergency landing at the Orlando International Airport on Tuesday.
A Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 took off from Orlando International Airport at 2:50 p.m on Tuesday. Airport officials said that it experienced a malfunction and had to return to Orlando for an emergency landing. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane experienced an engine problem.
Officials went on to say that there were only two passengers: a pilot and a co-pilot. The plane landed safely and the FAA is investigating.
The plane, Southwest Flight 8701, was being ferried to the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California to be grounded and stored, the FAA said. President Trump previously ordered that all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircrafts be grounded after one crashed in Nairobi, killing 157 people.
Six of those planes, including five Southwest planes, were grounded at the Orlando International Airport. Southwest says that they are committed to safety during this time. Southwest commented on the emergency landing as well. They stated that the Boeing 737 Max 8 will be moved to their Orlando maintenance facility for review.
I think President Trump did Boeing a tremendous favor by grounding those planes - not to mention most importantly protecting the public.
Why these problems seemingly “out of the blue”?
They do a botched fleetwide software update or something?
Interesting to label the pilot and co-pilot as “passengers”. The computer in charge and rebelling?
The media is now connecting anything that happens on a Max to the crashes, as usual.
The fact that they are not connected at all, doesn’t matter, of course.
That’s what I thought - “There’s the problem - nobody is flying the plane!”
Engine overheat warning caused the return, then it ingested a bunch of birds while landing.
Is Microsoft managing their patches?
"A Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 took off from Orlando International Airport at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Airport officials said that it experienced a malfunction and had to return to Orlando for an emergency landing."
What part of "grounded" did they not understand?
Yes. They should ground them in place until they can apply the fix.
Not related to the recent issue.
Engine issue.
Has nothing to do with the current issue.
Engine issue.
And most Freepers posting here connect the AOA software issue with an unrelated engine issue.
Grounded for commercial use perhaps.
Southwest could of wanted their fleet at various centralized locations to initiate software updates/engineering refinements.
American pilots are well aware of how to operate against the software glitches. Engine issues seem mechanical, which hasn’t been a primary issue before with the Max 8.
The media is now connecting anything that happens on a Max to the crashes, as usual.
The fact that they are not connected at all, doesn’t matter, of course.
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Agreed. This type of thing is routine. It’s not news.
Sometimes in engineering, what appears to be the problem really isn’t.
It is possible that they haven’t found the real cause of the crash.
Yes. They should ground them in place until they can apply the fix.
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Even if a plane had a problem with the MCAS it’s easily handled by a competent pilot. I would say all airline pilots in America are competent.
From the help desk, have to tried to re boot?
A good crew looks at a lot of variables before freaking out and over-correcting. An inexperience crew goes in full panic mode when one instrument is “off”.
Boeing looks to be at fault though because glitches of any kind should not happen. If they do, the whole fleet should be grounded on the spot.
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