red750 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 A wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 just after takeoff. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/terrifying-moment-wheel-falls-of-united-airplane-taking-off-from-san-francisco-airport-and-crushes-cars-parked-below/ar-BB1jw3aB 1
facthunter Posted March 8 Posted March 8 That's just bad Maintenance. You have to tighten the wheel nuts up. The 777 is before the decline. Nev 2
onetrack Posted March 8 Posted March 8 This reminds me of November 1942, when 17 new Kittyhawks arrived at Brisbane, and were then assembled and flown to Darwin with apparently inadequate checks for assembly faults. Upon arrival at Cloncurry for refuelling, one pilot was quizzed by the refuelling corporal, as to his destination. "Darwin" was the pilots reply. "You won't have any trouble finding your way to Darwin. Just follow the trail of crashed Kittyhawks, you can't go wrong", was the famous answer from the corporal. Nowadays, all we have to do, is follow the trail of crashed Boeings .....
facthunter Posted March 9 Posted March 9 C-172's with Germans doing beat ups while on holidays at the end of the earth. Nev
pmccarthy Posted March 9 Posted March 9 They have now released the audio of the incident. It went Boeing, Boeing, Boeing. 1 1
red750 Posted March 11 Author Posted March 11 A United Airlines flight from Sydney to LA was forced to return to Sydney. The B777 had a 'maintenance problem', so apparently that lets Boeing off the hook.
Area-51 Posted March 11 Posted March 11 33 minutes ago, red750 said: A United Airlines flight from Sydney to LA was forced to return to Sydney. The B777 had a 'maintenance problem', so apparently that lets Boeing off the hook. Maintenance means parts replaced were manufactured by boeing. Only house getting off the hook at the moment is jabiru; appears they are enjoying a well deserved respite from being a general aviation punching bag. 2
onetrack Posted April 7 Posted April 7 The appointment of a "financial analyst", formerly a senior executive at McDonnell Douglas, for Boeings new CEO, is going to be the final nail in the coffin of Boeing. What hope have they got of bringing back some decent build quality, when the new CEO is a total "dollar watcher" without a shred of engineering skills, manufacturing skills, or any skills associated with company morale repair? Meet Stephanie Pope, The Woman Trying To Clean Up Boeing’s 737 MAX Mess WWW.FORBES.COM Observers are skeptical the finance specialist has the skills to fix the troubled airliner division. Former co-workers tell Forbes why Boeing is putting its faith in her. 1
red750 Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 On 10 July, an American Airlines Boeing 737 burst a tyre during the takeoff run from Tampa Airport, Florida with 174 passengers and six crew, causing a fire on the wheel. The takeoff was successfully aborted. Two days earlier, a United Airlines Boeing 757 departing Los Angeles lost a wheel which bounced across the airport. The plane managed to land safely. 1
facthunter Posted July 13 Posted July 13 Both of those would be MAINTENANCE related. Nothing whatever to do with Later MALAISE at Boeing with assembly quality control. Nev 2
red750 Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 Astronauts trapped in space by Boeing's faulty Starliner are given horrifying news about potential return to Earth. The US space agency revealed a contingency plan that would launch a two-person crew on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission in September, but still wouldn't bring the crew home until months later. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have already been trapped on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than two months, may not come back to Earth until February 2025. Source for Nev: Read report. 1 1
Deano747 Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Above article in the Daily Mail came straight from YouTube blogger 'Ellie in Space' - a little biased as she loves all things Elon Musk .................. There is a saying here - is it the truth or did you read it in the Daily Mail? 1
red750 Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 Dismiss it if you like, but it was covered on Ch 7News tonight with video from NASA.
BrendAn Posted August 8 Posted August 8 4 hours ago, Deano747 said: Above article in the Daily Mail came straight from YouTube blogger 'Ellie in Space' - a little biased as she loves all things Elon Musk .................. There is a saying here - is it the truth or did you read it in the Daily Mail? do you know better. fill us in.
BrendAn Posted August 8 Posted August 8 6 minutes ago, red750 said: Dismiss it if you like, but it was covered on Ch 7News tonight with video from NASA. it was on the radio today as well.
Red Posted August 8 Posted August 8 9 minutes ago, red750 said: Dismiss it if you like, but it was covered on Ch 7News tonight with video from NASA. Oh no doubt on the basics of the story, but like the bloke down the pub what you read in the daily mail will be... how can I say this?....Somewhat embellished 😁 1
red750 Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 That's why I usually refer to it as the Daily Fail. 1 1
Deano747 Posted August 8 Posted August 8 (edited) 2 hours ago, red750 said: Dismiss it if you like, but it was covered on Ch 7News tonight with video from NASA. Wasn't channel seven in the news themselves recently about spreading false news - maybe not fake, but poorly researched ........ it was on the radio today as well. Let me guess - Alan Jones ? Edited August 8 by Deano747 1
kgwilson Posted August 8 Posted August 8 There is no doubt that news reports should be greeted with a level of scepticism given the poor and depleted numbers of real investigative journalists around now. Many news outlets don't give a flying fig about whether a report is true or not so long as there is a provocative headline. Some even get their information from social media and that is where the majority of young people get their news from. In the US that is acceptable and even expected given half of them believe what Trump says even though he lied over 30,000 times while in office. Boeings woes have continued to build despite their lip service announcements of quality systems training etc. The outgoing CEO Calhoun should have been gone at the time of the Max 8 crashes and MCAS disaster, but no, he has handed everything over to yet another bean counter. The real problem is that Boeing has massive US government defence projects keeping it afloat and like GM from a US patriotic perspective it is too big to fail and will not be allowed to. 2
Arron25 Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Nothing still belies the fact that Boing 'knowingly' put a faulty craft into space😬 1
kgwilson Posted August 9 Posted August 9 (edited) They have put plenty of faulty aircraft in to service as well but then so have other manufacturers, most not knowingly. Boeing has done so knowing there are faults and is the reason a number of whistleblower engineers resigned and have publicly stated they will not fly on a 787 as their concerns regarding sub standard parts from 3rd party suppliers were ignored by Boeing management. Edited August 9 by kgwilson 1
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