Posted on 01/13/2024 1:21:47 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
A Boeing 737 plane in Japan was forced to return to its point of departure on Saturday after a crack appeared in the window of the plane’s cockpit.
The All Nippon Airways (ANA) domestic flight had left the city of Sapporo en route to Toyama, before turning around for an emergency landing. No one onboard was injured, a spokesperson for the airline said.
John Strickland, an expert aviation consultant said that although the crack was in the outermost of the four-layered window, cracks like it “can be pretty dangerous if not fixed,” according to the BBC.
“The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurization,” the ANA spokesperson said.
This is the second safety issue with a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in as many weeks, after a door panel blew off of an Alaska Airlines flight that was departing from Portland Oregon.
On Friday, the FAA extended the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes indefinitely.
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Boeing swallowed the poison pill... McDonnell-Douglas.
Former Boeing manager says he won’t fly on a Max
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If the 737 weren’t already in the news, this wouldn’t be.
If it’s Boeing .... I ain’t going!
We thought Airbus was cheating due to government supports.
AVIATION PING............Boeing AGAIN!..............
Perfect storm.
Making the plane too light.
Just good enough design (I am thinking here of ability to endure an uncontrolled fire, the Max meets the minimum requirement rather than have a margin)
DEI
Boeing will be the sound the plane’s parts make as the hit the ground.
What is amazing is that the 777 has one of the best safety records in history.
Agreed. This isn’t news.
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America is back to the 1980s-1990s.
Crack problems.
“DEI”
When your ethnicity, gender, or general lunatic status is more important that your ability to do the job.
The DEI pushers have no concept that someone won’t always be there to clean up the messes made by the unqualified.
If it’s Boeing 737 Max, I ain’t going
Pack your duct tape.
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