Terrifying video shows engine of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 ripping apart during takeoff
Apr 8, 2024 12:47:32 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
DaveMM wrote:
Boeing are having some well-deserved bad press, but their problem now is:
* Pilot taxis off runway, gets stuck - it's a Boeing
* Passengers injured in turbulence - it's a Boeing
* Wheel falls off old (badly maintained?) plane - it's a Boeing
* Engine cowling not secured and blows open - it's a Boeing
and so on.
* Pilot taxis off runway, gets stuck - it's a Boeing
* Passengers injured in turbulence - it's a Boeing
* Wheel falls off old (badly maintained?) plane - it's a Boeing
* Engine cowling not secured and blows open - it's a Boeing
and so on.
Many of the airlines have outsourced their maintenance. That is, I think, a major mistake. Whenever there is a problem caused by poor maintenance, the airline is responsible.The fact that maintenance was outsourced is irrelevant.
Apr 8, 2024 14:04:16 #
Ollieboy wrote:
It looks like just the cowling around the engine was damaged. Just a guess but the actual engine doesn't seem affected. That's just my observation and an investigation is still needed.
Yep, not the actual engine, the cowling that streamlines the engine for less resistance. Kind of like if your hood and or fenders came off your car. Car still drives and works, just looks like a disaster.
However the peeling off panels might have damaged the engine or other panels so you land. Not to mention the freaking out among passengers and crew.
It is amazing what some aircraft can do without in an emergency. An Israeli F15 lost a wing but because the wing root and body are also capable of providing lift the pilot managed to return to base and land by keeping the speed higher than normal. Which also made for scary landing speeds. There are videos etc online. After that, the IDF squadrons that fly F15s had a long waiting list of pilots who wanted to transfer to them.
Apr 8, 2024 14:18:10 #
TheShoe wrote:
Many of the airlines have outsourced their maintenance. That is, I think, a major mistake. Whenever there is a problem caused by poor maintenance, the airline is responsible.The fact that maintenance was outsourced is irrelevant.
Many of the airlines have outsourced their maintenance. That is, I think, a major mistake. Whenever there is a problem caused by poor maintenance, the airline is responsible.The fact that maintenance was outsourced is irrelevant.
When my Dad was still alive and foreman of an Eastern Airlines ground crew at Lambert Field, St Louis, they performed maintenance for some smaller airlines and charter planes. Their maintenance guys had the rep of being the best at Lambert so they had more outside planes than they could handle. Dad said he thought the guys at the McDonald Douglas plant on the other side of the airfield were at least as good as the Eastern guys, but they had their hands full and did not take outside work most of the time.
Apr 8, 2024 15:28:00 #
nervous2 wrote:
At least the engine now runs cooler.
Not sure it’s a good thing! Maybe kerosene has to circulate in pipes deemed "frost free"? 
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