Posted on 04/02/2011 9:16:29 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines grounded 81 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet for inspection after a gaping hole in the fuselage forced one of its planes to make emergency landing in Arizona on Friday, the company said on Saturday.
Southwest (LUV.N) and Boeing (BA.N) engineers will inspect the aircraft to try to determine the cause, Southwest said in a statement. Passengers heard a loud noise and suddenly saw a hole about mid-cabin.
Southwest Airlines is working with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration on the ground in Arizona to determine the cause of a sudden drop in cabin pressure on Southwest Flight 812 from Phoenix to Sacramento on Friday, airline officials said.
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Pretty cool passengers on that plane, PC. That one guy has his headphones on!
“Records show cracks were found and repaired last year on the jet that made an emergency landing on Friday”
My in-house aeronautical (structures) engineer suspects a “blacksmith” repair, and using the word blacksmith is not a compliment in this case.
Obviously not OEM approved parts.
bump for latest news
“The hole in the ceiling is for the unloading of passengers only”
Only if it’s in the white zone.
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