Originally Posted by
BeagleFlyer
Ha - as a traveler, I really wanted to get to SFO and not make a landing in the middle of the country to close it. As an engineer, I observed multiple latches, no vibrations, and figured if this was all it took to bring down a 737-700, we'd have known about it by now.
I figured I'd ding my call button if things degenerated
And we landed without incident.
BeagleFlyer - Did you (hopefully) let them know as you were deplaning, so that it did not depart for another flight in that condition?
Originally Posted by
njcommodore
Considering the flight # and date was posted I bet the captain/FO hears about this.
Originally Posted by
Russell745
Good point, but I wonder if if this could even be spotted during the walk around.
Personally I would have snapped a picture of it on my phone and gone up and asked an FA to bring it to the guys up front. Let them make the decision.
What's not known is, whether that latch was open prior to departure, or "popped" after leaving the gate. (no rearview mirrors on a 737
) Yes, this might be difficult to see on a walk around. However, it may not have been in that state when they left the gate. Those latches are usually pretty good. It takes a "double click" (not like a computer mouse) to open/close them. Some of the taxiways the country are pretty rough. If the acft was taxiing at a good rate, on a bumpy taxiway....and it was not FULLY latched to start with, it may have popped open. Not likely certainly, but at least feasible/possible.
As another poster indicated.... ^ for redundancy.