WN Emergency landing in Yuma
Apr 10, 2011, 1:17 am
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Apr 22, 2011, 5:34 pm
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It looks like metal fatigue may not have been the problem, after all.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/southwe...ry?id=13439507
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/southwe...ry?id=13439507
Apr 24, 2011, 7:24 pm
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It looks like metal fatigue may not have been the problem, after all.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/southwe...ry?id=13439507
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/southwe...ry?id=13439507
However, if this is true and it was a problem at the time of manufacturering at Boeing, Southwest took a lot of negative press for something that wasn't their fault. Seems to me that they followed every directive and every bit of information given to them from Boeing. Short of contineously testing the airplanes and never flying them, I'm not sure what else they could have done to prevent this.
Some very good pilots to get the plane down with no serious injuries. Always keep your seatbelt fastened while seated!
Sep 12, 2011, 5:46 pm
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Sep 12, 2011, 9:21 pm
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Sep 13, 2011, 2:44 am
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Yep, sure it is. They violated of federal regulations. WN did not have a repairs the 44 737 aircraft. This is ridiculous!! Which is why WN did not have safety inspected all 737 aircrft. They have be more responsibilities for a safety inspecting the entire aircraft. Maintenance guys should have to do repairs the entire aircraft right way. Guessing WN doesn't have a choice to pay $1.1 millions dollars fined to FAA.
Sep 20, 2011, 2:01 am
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Oh, right. I didn't realize know that but, it was another companies who got fined and not WN. Nobody who is not their own fault. They should have be more responsibilities to fixed the aircraft. That is why it is not good at all. This is so ridiculous!! I am very embarrassed what happened the incident of ATS.
Sep 28, 2013, 10:22 am
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NTSB has released a report blaming shoddy manufacturing for this one:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...or-hole-in-737
"Hans Weber, an aviation technical expert, president of Tecop International in San Diego, said... 'The workmanship was just terrible. This has nothing to do with a typical fatigue fracture due to aging.'
'I'm relieved that it's not because of some aging process we didn't understand,' he added."
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...or-hole-in-737
"Hans Weber, an aviation technical expert, president of Tecop International in San Diego, said... 'The workmanship was just terrible. This has nothing to do with a typical fatigue fracture due to aging.'
'I'm relieved that it's not because of some aging process we didn't understand,' he added."
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Oct 13, 2013, 7:00 pm
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A Southwest flight from Phoenix to Sacramento was forced to make an emergency landing Friday when a hole opened in the roof. Aviation expert Clive Irving reports on why outsourcing may be a culprit.
Southwest Airlines grounded 81 of its oldest jets Saturday following an alarming emergency last night when the cabin of one of its Boeing 737s was ripped open at 36,000 feet.
The incident, aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 812 is strikingly similar to what happened to Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 in July 2009—only worse.
In both cases there was a sudden loss of cabin pressure as part of the fuselage structure failed. In both cases the pilots had to get the airplane on the ground as fast as possible, making diversions.
And in both cases the airplane involved was the Boeing 737—the only airplane Southwest flies, in a variety of models and ages.
Flight 2294 was en route from Nashville to Baltimore when passengers heard a loud pop and a hole the size of a football appeared in the roof. On Friday night, as Flight 812 was en route from Phoenix to Sacramento, there was a jarring blast and a hole opened up in the roof, far larger than a football.
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Southwest Airlines grounded 81 of its oldest jets Saturday following an alarming emergency last night when the cabin of one of its Boeing 737s was ripped open at 36,000 feet.
The incident, aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 812 is strikingly similar to what happened to Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 in July 2009—only worse.
In both cases there was a sudden loss of cabin pressure as part of the fuselage structure failed. In both cases the pilots had to get the airplane on the ground as fast as possible, making diversions.
And in both cases the airplane involved was the Boeing 737—the only airplane Southwest flies, in a variety of models and ages.
Flight 2294 was en route from Nashville to Baltimore when passengers heard a loud pop and a hole the size of a football appeared in the roof. On Friday night, as Flight 812 was en route from Phoenix to Sacramento, there was a jarring blast and a hole opened up in the roof, far larger than a football.
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