Unexpected 'cracking' found on critical Boeing 737NG equipment
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Join Date: May 2013
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Based on the higher reported finding at GOL, and the fact the 2 Southwest planes were bought midlife from another airline, I would suspect there’s some correlation to either high utilization or short landings. A good number of GOL’s flights take off and land in CGH or SDU, which puts additional stress on the airplanes.