Posted on 03/30/2024 7:18:46 AM PDT by libh8er
PHOENIX — A flight that took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport headed to Columbus was forced to return to the airport shortly after take-off due to a mechanical issue, according to officials.
A representative with Southwest Airlines confirmed to 12News that Flight #5850 experienced a mechanical issue right after leaving the Phoenix airport.
The nature of the mechanical issue was not specified. The aircraft landed "without incident" upon return to the airport, the representative said.
The aircraft will undergo a maintenance review.
"We’ll accommodate Customers onboard on a separate aircraft, scheduled to arrive in Columbus approximately two and a half hours behind schedule," according to the representative.
Plugged toilet, they’re full of, uh, “stuff”...
Maintenance, not Boeing.
But it’s still Boeing staff working on Boeing aircraft, isn’t it?
I'm concerned with not just these failures...but the inclusion of a "payload".
Who’s our Transportation Secretary?
No, airline company has maintenance staff working on all the planes they fly.
Having worked a bit in the ‘commercial aviation business’ in my younger days, I can tell you that these types of reports came across our desks very often (as in multiple times a day), and obviously the vast majority of the events were handled properly, so no headlines.
But the thing is, times have changed. Now virtually every flight has ‘reporters’ on board (young women with cell phones), and so anything short of a perfect flight will at least get to a newsroom and then possibly reported on.
The term “report on” is the key above as the likelihood of getting reported on increases greatly if people are on pins and needles due to prior recent events that can only be considered major (such as crashes, door panels blowing off, etc.)...and that is something that Boeing’s ‘Social Media Influencers’ SHOULD have alerted management to, since it means that major events can no longer just be considered as part of ‘cost of doing business’.
A buddy of mine is a private pilot on a Boeing 737 Max. Yes, the owner is rich enough to afford any plane in the world. In his spare time, he teaches instruction on simulators for pilots. He would tell the Boeing “purveyors” of Boeing bad news that most, if not all, of this is “fake news.”
**Who’s our Transportation Secretary?**
The poster BOY of ‘Didn’t Earn It’.
Thank you. It makes me wonder what Boeing has done to piss off the bidens and or the Democrats
**A buddy of mine is a private pilot on a Boeing 737 Max.**
So he’s piloting without receiving wages? Or is he commercial rated, flying a privately owned plane owned by his boss?
As I stated. His 737 Max owner is rich enough to own any commercial plane, or Gulfstream type, in the world. My buddy is also skilled enough to teach any commercial pilot via simulator classes. I won’t go into his job/owner but let’s just say, it’s unique.
**But the thing is, times have changed. Now virtually every flight has ‘reporters’ on board (young women with cell phones)**
True. But the climate scam bosses want less airplanes. Getting more people skeered of flying is one way.
Its “SHARK WEEK”.
Look at all the “sharks” THIS week! (Never mind every other week in the year)
Look at all the “Boeing aircraft” this week/month.
Could just as easily been “Airbus” week/month.
“Of the 7,309 aircraft in the U.S. commercial inventory, 3,173, or 43 percent, were manufactured by Boeing, 1,446, or 20 percent, by Airbus, 1,034, or 14 percent, by Bombardier, 798, or 11 percent, by Embraer, and 472, or 7 percent, by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). The remaining 386 aircraft were manufactured by 13 different companies.”
ANOTHER “BOEING” airplane? DUH.
Maybe you would prefer to fly on the The Yakovlev MC-21 (Russian: Яковлев МС-21).
Not news. Now media hawks any mechanical issue with Boeing aircraft, and in reality, returning to the airport for maintenance issues is nothing new (just reporting it is).
Most everyday low level maintenance is outsourcing teams
I should clarify: the airlines do their own maintenance or have dedicated contractors for it. I just meant they don’t have Boeing or Airbus etc doing the maintenance.
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