Boeing Fuselage Part Losses: United Airlines Incident and Recent Updates

2024-03-16 04:11:57

– Boeing loses fuselage part once more during flight

Boeing doesn’t stay out of the headlines: The next incident occurs on a flight from San Francisco to Oregon.

Published today at 5:11 am

A United Airlines passenger plane lost a cover on its fuselage in flight on Friday. The damage to the Boeing 737-800 was only discovered on the ground following it landed without any problems in the city of Medford, Oregon, United said. The local newspaper “Rogue Valley Times” had previously published an eyewitness photo showing exposed mechanics.

According to United, the plane took off from San Francisco with 139 passengers and six crew members. Judging by the onboard number from another eyewitness photo, the aircraft was put into service in 1998.

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Boeing is currently increasingly in the spotlight following a virtually new 737-9 Max aircraft lost a part of its fuselage while climbing following take-off at the beginning of January. According to initial investigations, the US accident investigation authority NTSB assumes that four fastening bolts were missing from the torn out fuselage fragment.

However, with a 25-year-old aircraft like the United aircraft, maintenance or material fatigue are likely to play a larger role than production. United announced an investigation into how the incident occurred.

After a passenger plane suddenly sank on the way to New Zealand with numerous injuries, the manufacturer Boeing has asked airlines to check certain switches on the pilot seats.

Operators of 787 Dreamliner aircraft should inspect the switches “at the next maintenance opportunity,” the US company said on Friday. At the same time, Boeing emphasized that the investigation into the incident on flight LA800 of the Chilean airline Latam is still ongoing.

On Monday, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed abruptly on its way from the Australian metropolis of Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. As passengers told New Zealand media, some people were thrown onto the cabin ceiling. 50 people were injured, 13 of whom had to be taken to hospital.

The Latam airline spoke of an unspecified “technical incident”. However, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing US industry circles, that a flight attendant accidentally activated a switch on the back of the pilot’s seat while serving the food. A motorized mechanism forced the pilot forward into the aircraft controls, which pushed the nose of the aircraft downwards.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the switch is usually under a cover – and should not be used when the pilot is in his seat. (SDA)

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