[rxsid]

"These problems are entirely on United, not on Boeing."

Not true.

Boeing Subcontractor Scrutinized Over Door Plug Failure

Spirit AeroSystems
"Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., is an American aerostructure manufacturer. The company, based in Wichita, Kansas, builds several important pieces of Boeing aircraft, including the fuselage of the 737 and 787, as well as the flight deck section of the fuselage of nearly all of Boeing airliners."

The Boeing 737 fuselage, built at Wichita's Spirit AeroSystems, being shipped to final assembly in the Seattle, Washington area.

[NorthMountain]

That’s the one exception, and if the United maintenance problems (or sabotage) weren’t going on you’d never have heard of it.

[Paladin2]

They used to route those through Montana until the Montana Rail Link/BNSF dropped three into the drink [a local river].

[jimfr]

A close look at the photo shows that the panel construction is aluminum skins glued onto a honeycomb composite core. The core is made by a supplier for Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. The original test records for the core material should be inspected. Who was this manufacturer?

[cornfedcowboy]

This plane is 25 yrs old.

[PAR35]

Not true.

25 years old isn't a manufacturing issue, it is a maintenance issue. And that's on United for picking who to do the maintenance and inspection.