Boeing grounds entire 777X test fleet after discovering engine defect

DAILY MAIL ^ | 20 August 2024 | Alex Hammer

[Mogger]

In this case a GE part.

It appears, based on the article, we don't know.

It appears it is a part that connects the engine to the plane.

Is that a Boeing part, a GE part or some other company?

[Shady]

If USAGov.Corp took over I would forever take my car.

[Gary from Dayton]

This engine is in testing phase Boeing IS validating the quality of their supplier’s products.

[Gary from Dayton]

It’s a GE part. I can verify.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Your post should be a banner hung at the DNC...

Come to think of it...a lot of things should be hung at the DNC.

[Bullish]

We seem to be witnessing the slow painful death spiral of a once great American company.

[Jim W N]

So much for DEI by which you may D-I-E!

[Alas Babylon!]

Gee....

No Gee EEE.

[Larry Lucido]

Where is Joe Patroni when we need him?

[ZOOKER]

Not enough data in the article to determine who is responsible.

Agreed. And some of the data is incoherent/deceptive.

GE makes the engine but I bet Boeing makes the thrust link. The same engine goes on other planes, and none of them have been grounded, so this part must be unique to the 777X.

They give the weight of the engine (11 tons), but a thrust link is made to carry its thrust (forward), not its actual weight (downward).

Bad design? Bad material? Bad machining or installation? Any one of these is possible. Glad they caught it in testing.

Airliners are all about efficiency now, the lowest cost per seat-mile. Overengineering is a waste, it adds weight that increases cost (fuel) instead of making revenue. You can't build it like a battleship and expect it to sell.

I'm a former Boeing employee, and it hurts to see what's happening to it now.

[chuck allen]

Why in the world would you want that? Are you one of those who wish the same for McDonalds? We need these companies desperately, they are the All American success stories.

[pfflier]

Not enough data in the article to determine who is responsible.

You're right, this one may be on Boeing. Apparently the engine thrust link is part of the engine mounting structure in the pylon.

[Carry_Okie]

This engine is in testing phase Boeing IS validating the quality of their supplier’s products.

I didn't say that they weren't. I said that it is their responsibility to do so.

[DennisR]

Well, putting “Boeing” in the headline creates clicks, right?

[DennisR]

You will be deeply disappointed. The media makes mountains out of this type of stuff.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’m not sure who made it. The key word is “connects”. It
could have been made by GE or Boeing or a third party. And was in made to spec or not? If it was, who wrote the specs? Were the specs wrong? Was some detail overlooked or miscalculated?

[pfflier]

Well, putting “Boeing” in the headline creates clicks, right?

Crashes the stock too. That may be the intended effect.

[pfflier]

If it was, who wrote the specs? Were the specs wrong? Was some detail overlooked or miscalculated?

The Prime contractor creates a Spec Control Drawing or a Source Control Drawing for any fabrication to be offloaded to a subcontractor.

In both cases, the prime (GE if it's the engine, or Boeing if it's the strut) owns the design and ultimately, the QA compliance to engineering requirements even though a subcontractor may perform the component fabrication.

[SaveFerris]

THIS

[SaveFerris]

How about grounding the 737Max fleet and putting on engines that fit and don’t screw up the COG?