Posted on 01/26/2024 1:55:56 PM PST by FarCenter
Another day, another incident with a Boeing passenger jet, this time when a landing gear wheel popped off a Delta Airlines 757 while it was waiting to take off out of Atlanta.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration's report of the incident, Delta flight 982 from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to El Dorado International in Bogota, Columbia was lined up for takeoff when a "nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill."
No one was hurt in the incident, per the FAA report. Thankfully 757 nose landing wheels come in pairs and the aircraft was towed off the runway eventually.
Delta told The Register the flight's 172 passengers (which conflicts with the FAA's count of 184) were transferred to another aircraft, which arrived in Columbia a little over five hours late.
"Delta Flight 982 ATL/BOG was taxiing for departure when a nose gear tire came loose from the landing gear," the airline said. "All customers and their bags were removed from the aircraft, transferred to the gate and onto a replacement aircraft. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
Delta said the incident is still under investigation, and the aircraft was returned to service the following day after repairs.
When asked for comment, Boeing directed us to Delta, saying it ended deliveries of the 757 in 2004. The aircraft in question, N672DL, has been part of Delta's fleet since 1992.
A purported recording of chatter between pilots and aircraft lined up for takeoff during the incident has been posted to YouTube, indicating that the pilot of DAL982 was unaware of the loss before a flight lined up behind it radioed the tower to inform them that the wheel had come off and bounced down the runway.
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Union made. Jo Jo the Pedo is so proud of them.
After all, Airbus was sufficient competition so there was no concern for monopolistic behavior on Boeing's part.
/sarc
“Union made. Jo Jo the Pedo is so proud of them.”
The plane has to be something like 30 years old, so I doubt this one is Boeing’s fault (unless they did some work on it recently).
SABATOGE? Too many of these incidents to be coincidental.
“... the pilot of DAL982 was unaware of the loss [of his front wheel]”
What? Did they also leave out the “Front Wheel Missing” sensor? Or was it broken and they were going to go anyway?
You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.
The union wasn’t the organization that decided on the effed up design of the latest Boeing planes. Putting the wings in a location that required sophisticated software to compensate for the stupid location.
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This is starting to look like sabotage.
Yep. All those illegals.
For much of Boeing’s history, their government contracts were Cost Plus contracts. If in the design, engineering and manufacturing, it cost more than the original contract, the government just paid more. Some of the NASA projects have been called a jobs program, just keeping the same people employed. Most Cost Plus contracting has ceased. You submit a proposal, a bid, and you get reimbursed only for the original bid. Any cost overrun is not reimbursed. So Boeing and other companies are no longer bursting with cash.
One of the last Cost Plus contracts was the James Webb space telescope. While today it is performing well, the original contract was about $2 billion. It BALLOONED to $10 billion. Many of NASA’s other projects have been placed on hold, or outright canceled due to the cost of Webb.
Bad Karl. Bad.
“Putting the wings in a location that required sophisticated software to compensate for the stupid location.”
The wings are in the usual legacy 737 location but the large, heavy engines on extended pylons are the problem.
RE: a “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.”
It was much more amusing as a book:
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RE: Delta told The Register the flight’s 172 passengers (which conflicts with the FAA’s count of 184) were transferred to another aircraft.
Wonder the if 12 of the witnesses refused to cooperate with the corporation’s story and men in black suits, sunglasses and ear pieces escorted them away.
Like the scene in the Oliver Stone JFK movie where the government agent tells the terrified witness woman: You never saw that. You never saw anything here today.
The maintenance crew girl who ‘checks all the boxes’ failed to hear a CLICK on the torque wrench for the lug bolts?
30 years old? I don’t know of anyone using a thirty year old automobile as their daily driver. Delta might want to consider updating their fleet. But money, ya’ know.
If a product has horrible maintenance, then it becomes a horrible product. Pretty bad in America today one has to look at the make of a plane and ask will it be safe. I guess it would be no shock who is maintaining aircraft between DEI/ESG sheep in aircraft manufacturers, unions and airlines.
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