Posted on 05/08/2024 4:34:10 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Boeing 767 FedEx plane makes emergency landing without nose gear in Turkey Front landing gear of a Boeing 767 cargo plane landing in Istanbul malfunctioned.
As a result the plane nosedived into the runway without any casualty
Well he haven’t had a Boeing incident in a few weeks so I guess we are due
Sum ting wong!
I always wonder if this is happening more often, or because ears are perked up, we’re just now hearing it more often.
None the less, not good. And here I am getting ready to book a flight for a summer trip home to the folks.
You just hear more about them because of the 737 MAX fiasco.
Relax, the most dangerous part of your trip by far will be the drive to the airport.
I am also getting ready for a across the country flight in first week of June. I suppose airplane crash death is preferrable to cancer death.
Having had a career in aviation maintenance I suspect the majority of these issues are more about maintenance and preventative maintenance (or lack there of) more than a Boeing issue. Especially if the A/C has been in service a while.
You really can’t place blame on your car manufacturer if you had the oil changed at a private shop and they left the drain plug loose right?
A lot of hands on those planes when they’re in the field.....or there are supposed to be anyway.
Just my 2 cent
Roger that.
With 45 years in aviation, that's my take on this also.
Not a Boeing apologist, but the blame is mainly in the realm of maintenance, (or lack thereof).
My experience was mostly Naval aviation maintenance so I’m not really familiar with commercial A/C. As I understand it, every airline fields their own maintenance teams.
At any rate, Once the failure point(s) are identified detailed records SHOULD BE available to see who did what and when....that should tell the tale.
>At any rate, Once the failure point(s) are identified detailed records SHOULD BE available to see who did what and when....that should tell the tale.<
That is how it works in civil aviation. The NTSB does a pretty good job of dissecting and disseminating accident data. The FAA, in the other hand, is lacking in action and ability.
The not so joking saying about feds at the FAA is they are a bunch of disgruntled pilots who couldn’t find a real job in aviation. Now they are a bunch of woke political appointees.
The 767 in question is likely 25-30 years old. It most likely also doesn’t have many original parts left on it.
EC
With the gear failing to deploy through the normal hydraulic powered unlock actuators, the secondary gravity deployment( backup) also failing can indicate a lack of grease.
The fact a 67 triple gear lube normally takes two men ( or three woman) about eight hours of pumping nasty, black grease into locations rarely seen, usually on midnight shift, suggests those upper trunnions and unlock actuators were starving for grease…..
I can say without doubt, in my 13,200 plus days in the profession, the “ quality” of the new hires hired under the airlines “ fashionable “ DEI policies are failing….
….a ticking time bomb….just my 2C.
About as good as one of those landings could be, it looks like.
Confirmation bias fueled by media hysteria (or, if you prefer, conditioning) is most definitely an existential factor.
Gee, I would hope not! Could you imagine the structural fatigue on a 30-year aileron?
There are approximately 90,000 airline flights daily worldwide.
“Not a Boeing apologist, but the blame is mainly in the realm of maintenance, (or lack thereof).”
Was it only last year that a Muzzi mechanic at Miami airport admitted to intentionally sabotaging a jetliner?
A sexist would say...!
/sarc
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