Japan Airlines Crash

[Paul Adsett]

Graham, my guess is that right now Boeing wishes they had never entertained stretching the 737 design. It must have already cost them far more than doing a new design plane from scratch.

[Ed Gordon]

Streamed live on Jan 12, 2024 Week in Review with Bill Radke
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times investigative reporter Patrick Malone, and KUOW’s Amy Radil and Dyer Oxley.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that it will take immediate action to increase its oversight of manufacturing at Boeing. A fuselage panel broke away in midair on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 last Friday shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. The plane's pressurization warning light came on during three different flights in recent weeks, and Alaska Airlines' response was to stop using the plane for long flights over water, but to keep using it on routes like Portland to California.We don't know whether that warning light was related to the blown door plug. What was your reaction when you heard about the incident?

Here is a weekly discussion of news in which they discuss the Alaska Airlines incident and Boeing's ongoing problems with quality control and the public's reaction. The section of interest starts at about minute 5 and continues on this topic until minute 20.

[Mike Newell]

Obviously, Rain Man was wrong Air New Zealand has taken top spot from Qantas


No sign of Ryan Air 😂



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/a...-number-1.html

TOP 25 SAFEST FULL-SERVICE AIRLINES FOR 2024


1. Air New Zealand

2. Qantas

3. Virgin Australia

4. Etihad Airways

5. Qatar Airways

6. Emirates

7. All Nippon Airways

8. Finnair

9. Cathay Pacific Airways

10. Alaska Airlines

11. SAS

12. Korean Air

13. Singapore Airlines

14. EVA Air

15. British Airways

16. Turkish Airlines

17. TAP Air Portugal

18. Lufthansa/Swiss Group

19. KLM

20. Japan Airlines

21. Hawaiian Airlines

22. American Airlines

23. Air France

24. Air Canada Group

[Ed Gordon]

Alaska Airlines Ad

[Graham Ritchie]

Very good Ed, I bet the airline will go all out to try to get "that" removed

[Ed Gordon]

Very good Ed, I bet the airline will go all out to try to get "that" removed

It is a bit ironic that Alaska is getting so much blame for flying a defective airplane made by Boeing. If Alaska had handled the repeated warnings about cabin air pressure by grounding those planes, their reputation would have remained strong. Instead they decided that it would be better to fly those defective planes over land only in order to stay close to airports for emergency landing. Alaska will rebound, but I have my doubts about Boeing.

[Ed Gordon]

Boeing 757 loses wheel before Delta flight takeoff, sparking FAA probe

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a Boeing aircraft operated by Delta Air Lines lost the tire on its nose while taxiing for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the agency said Tuesday.

Credit: Washington Post

Maybe Boeing should start manufacturing these instead:

[Graham Ritchie]

The 757 is an old aircraft these days, sounds to me and I could be wrong, more like a airline aircraft maintenance problem and nothing to do with Boeing

[Ed Gordon]

The 757 is an old aircraft these days, sounds to me and I could be wrong, more like a airline aircraft maintenance problem and nothing to do with Boeing

Yes, a maintenance problem. But Boeing fails at that as well:

Boeing forgot to install bolts on 737 MAX 9 door plug

Dominic Gates at The Seattle Times has a great scoop on what reportedly happened to cause this incident, per an industry source. According to this source, the panel that blew off the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 had been removed for repair and then reinstalled incorrectly by Boeing mechanics at the final assembly line in Renton, Washington.

If this ends up being confirmed (it hasn’t been officially confirmed by Boeing or the NTSB), it would of course mean that Boeing is fully at fault here. Prior to this, there were questions of whether Boeing or Spirit Aerosystems was behind the issue, with the latter being the company that manufactures many components of the jet.

So, how did Boeing incorrectly reinstall the door plug? According to a whistleblower, the company’s own records show that four bolts “were not installed when Boeing delivered the airplane.”

Source: https://onemileatatime.com/news/boei...max-door-plug/

[Graham Ritchie]

This was on the news at present regarding a Chilean 787, it does start to make you wonder what is going on these days, is there something going on with the aircraft systems? when they recommend wearing you seat belts all the time. Even ANZ are pulling the plug on a route due to a shortage of engines worldwide for there 787.

I do have an idea though forget the 787 bring back the reliable 747 service instead with four engines driving things instead of just two. The long haul 747 Auckland to London, with one stop at LA was a brilliant service, sure things could get bumpy at times "seat belt signs would come" but you really needed to get up and go for a walk around on long 27 hour flights. It will be interesting to see what the cause was on that Chilean flight.

[Mike Newell]

John Barnett the whistleblower from Boeing is found dead in a car park after giving testimony against plane company.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68534703

[Ed Gordon]

John Oliver did an interesting review of Boeing problems on his Last Week Tonight show. He goes into how all the problems started after Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas.

John Oliver discusses how Boeing went from being a company known for quality craftsmanship to one synonymous with crashes, mishaps, and “quality escape.” Whatever that means.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

[Paul Adsett]

Hilarious, maddening, and terrifying, all at the same time! Thanks for posting that Ed.

[Graham Ritchie]

On a more positive note, this Airline has become the favorite for folk to fly with here. I came across this travel video which I think is really good of a "Emirates" A380 Dubai-Sydney-Christchurch 18 hour journey, for a Economy class, the meals look good. Saw my favorite bit of the country of Arthurs Pass from the air to. I like the final scene at Kaikoura.

Very nice .

[Mike Newell]

Staff jumped on plane parts like Tarzan to get them to align - Boeing safety inspector


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl...anada-68838169

You couldn’t make it up.