Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
The problem was a hard landing, not age of aircraft. The same thing could happen to a 737 that was delivered to UA earlier this year. I can look out the window and see 737s from the early 1970s reliably running cargo between the Islands.
I realize that. A plane 2 weeks old could be destroyed by a hard landing. But a plane from 1991 with the incredible stress on it's frame for that amount of time is far more frail. It's just common sense to me.