Posted on 03/13/2024 7:25:46 AM PDT by packagingguy
Beleaguered Boeing has experienced yet another problem with one of its planes - after one was forced to land due to fuel spewing from its landing gear.
The incident - only the latest from the embattled manufacturer - occurred Monday, and is the fifth involving a Boeing plane in the span of seven days.
Now under investigation, the forced landing happened as the San Francisco-bound 777-300 embarked from Sydney, with fluid filmed leaking from its undercarriage.
On Saturday, an ex-Boeing staffer-turned whistleblower was found dead by an apparent suicide, after saying he witnessed second-rate parts being fitted on planes.
Moreover, following the recent incident Monday - and another hours before that saw 50 passengers injured on the firm's flagship 787-Dreamliner - Boeing lost more than $4billion overnight, after shares dropped more than 4 percent Tuesday morning.
The FAA has since revealed the firm failed 33 of 89 audits during an exam of Boeing's 737 Max - a model it had been planning to update with the long delayed Max 10.
After the incident Monday - and the several before - United Airlines requested the firm halt work on the unreleased jets: an apparent sign of carriers' diminishing faith...
Feds have been vetting the incident ever since, during which time Boeing's value has nosedived an eye-watering $150billion to $112billion. Also within that span, the firm has seen at least four other planes planes technical failures.
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“The article says fuel in the first paragraph then fuel in the third.”
Sorry, I said this incorrectly. It should read:
The article says fuel in the first paragraph then fluid in the third.
Definitely a maintenance issue, not an aircraft issue.
And the Triple 7 has been flying for close to 30 years with an outstanding safety record.
Looks like United may have some serious maintenance problems. It's shop, United Technical Operations, is located in San Franciso.
Maybe a combination of Bay Area DEI weirdness, retirements, the lingering effects of the Covid disasters and the fact that anyone normal who can leave the Bay Area is fleeing. Especially when the aviation job market is tight and people can find great jobs is causing serious brain drain problems with experienced workers at United
They had to dump fuel as they were loaded to go from Sydney to San Francisco.
But the problem was a hydraulic leak in the landing gear.
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I don’t think it’s Boeing’s fault. These aren’t design or manufacturing flaws. I blame the airlines poor maintenance. United is a bastion of DEI. I wouldn’t fly on it.
Challenge accepted.
Ow and ouch! Of course, given the various crime families' histories over decades and of course the Clintons....
IIRC 4 of the 5 have involved United.
Reminds me of the good old days when Santa Fe has train service before the filthy Amtrak I’ll never that their train again.
Funny how Southwest which is exclusively Boeing is not having these problems and one of the recent incidents involved a United A320.
Yes I believe you are correct, a 787.
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