Posted on 03/10/2021 10:40:56 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Engine-related issues due to technological glitches are emerging as the latest source of setbacks for the airline stocks, which are already reeling under the coronavirus-induced weak air-travel demand. Notably, on Feb 20, 2021, United Airlines’ UAL Flight 328 made an emergency landing at the Denver International Airport following an engine failure. On Feb 22, a Delta Air Lines DAL flight made an emergency landing at the Salt Lake International Airport after a snag in the engine was detected.
American Airlines AAL became the latest U.S.- based carrier to suffer a technological breakdown. Per a Reuters report, American Airlines’ Flight 2555, a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, travelling to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport from Miami, declared an emergency. The declaration came after the captain of the flight was forced to shut down one engine due to a possible mechanical issue.
Thankfully, the incident did not result in any casualty as the plane landed safely at Newark with 95 passengers and six crew- members aboard. As a matter of relief, the incident is unlikely to be related to the MCAS system linked to two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that prompted Boeing 737 MAX jets to be grounded for 20 months since Mar 2019.
In November 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the green signal to the aircraft to resume commercial flights...
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But isn't the entire purpose of the MCAS system to make up for the anatomical shortcomings of the plane? (Engine too heavy for the body?)
weird. a story about a possible engine failure talks about airline manufacturers’ problems and airline problems, but doesn’t say a damn thing about engine problems.
“But isn’t the entire purpose of the MCAS system to make up for the anatomical shortcomings of the plane? (Engine too heavy for the body?)”
No. It was to keep pilots from putting the aircraft outside its envelope in steep turns.
Without the previous troubles, we never would have had national news on this.
As I understand the engines were mounted incorrectly related to the center of gravity. Reving the engine causes the nose to lift and MCAS was designed to counteract that lift. It seems it did a little more than just that.
Is that picture from United Airlines?
I thought the same thing. Somebody shorting Boeing stock today?
Why are they even talking about MCAS in this situation. This article is written by an ignorant journalist who has no business writing on the subject.
boeing just another one of those things.
yeah, so, engine problem. pretty forking big one.
Good point.
I am waiting on the “turn against Trump” moment.
Boeing used to be such a good company. They’re done unless they decapitate it and start over. Board should go too.
MBA disease no doubt. Probably the Harvard MBA strain....
Has taken down many fine US companies.
I gave you the design basis.
Boeing used to be good and can be “Great Again” if changes are made to its leadership - which in recent years have have been jam packed with mega Democrat donors.
Boeing is going to rename the 737 MAX aircraft the “Edsel”.
Nonsense. I knew this a long time ago. Did you even use nose lift or center of gravity?
” This article is written by an ignorant journalist who has no business writing on the subject.”
Ignorance ever stopped a urinalyst before......
Amen to that. If I saw Harvard MBA on a resume, they wouldn’t get an interview. Yale either.
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