Quote:Originally Posted by SNA_FlyerThe WiFi installation had zero to do with this. They would not be removing messing with any doors or plugs to install this system. Seems like someone wants to blame someone else for the problem.[/QUOTE]
Originally Posted by
Jeff767
I don’t know if they removed the plugs for the install or not. It would however not be unusual at all to open the plugs to facilitate routing wiring through a aircraft.
Found a short video of a wifi install on a Southwest 737. After watching how extensive it is I could see how removing the plug would facilitate in the install.
https://youtu.be/eFv...xPwac
In addition, I included the photo of the N704 AL and you can clearly see the wifi pod on top of the fuselage almost directly over the plug location. Doesn't that contradict what the vendor stated of not being near the plug location? Regardless, I know that removing the plug would have nothing to do with the loose bolts on the other planes inspected. However, could it have contributed, along with the install of the wifi pod on top, to the decompression of the plane, especially since the return to Alaska was the same date of the first sensor warning on December 7th. Did the other planes with loose bolts go through wifi installs? Curious to know if there is a seal test of the fuselage after an extensive modification.
