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United Airlines confirm inspections have found loose bolts on the 737 MAX 9
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Posted on 01/08/2024 1:23:14 PM PST by janetjanet998

Update: United Airlines confirm inspections have found loose bolts on the 737 MAX 9

“Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug – for example, bolts that needed additional tightening.”


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KEYWORDS: 737; 737max; 737max9; airlines; aviation; boeing; ua; ual; unionmade; united; unitedairlines; washingtonpeople
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To: janetjanet998

Specifications call for “finger tight.”


21 posted on 01/08/2024 1:38:41 PM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: janetjanet998

I’ve flown on those twice, and hoped each time they had all the bugs worked out. Guess I was wrong.


22 posted on 01/08/2024 1:38:50 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Political Junkie Too

Nope. I think they unscrewed.


23 posted on 01/08/2024 1:39:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: janetjanet998
I frequently had to fixed machines at Standard Pressed Steel, back in the early 80's. Every nut and bolt made were backed by serial number, destructive testing, microscopic thread angle analysis, freeze-thaw, boiling oil, shock and vibration analysis, corrosion susceptibility, and chemical composition. (Hardware going into space shuttles, cruise missiles, Navy Ships, Tanks, Planes, etc....)

In 1993, Clinton removed those kind of standards from most of those industries. His state department that took over weapons and delivery of same from the Pentagon, felt the costs exceeded reliability and safety value.

Those which run America's State Department are the most evil and corrupt bunch of thugs to ever roam free on this planet. Pure concentrated evil.

24 posted on 01/08/2024 1:40:32 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Terry L Smith

What is “5. QA penciled.”?

Did you mean QA was falsified? The way Biden falsifies everything about his life? The way that Claudine Gay falsified her research?


25 posted on 01/08/2024 1:41:27 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: janetjanet998

So is torque for US planes specified in ft*lbs or N*m?

If ft*lbs, maybe a non-US worker presumed the number was in N*M. 1 ft*lb is a bit over 1.35 N*m, so if 1 ft*lb was specified and they torqued it 1 N*m it wouldn’t be tight enough.


26 posted on 01/08/2024 1:42:17 PM PST by fruser1
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To: janetjanet998

Paging W.Edwards Deming to the QC Office. Dr Deming, please contact via the house phone....


27 posted on 01/08/2024 1:43:19 PM PST by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Boeing gets all their torque from Harbor Freight.


28 posted on 01/08/2024 1:43:51 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: janetjanet998

29 posted on 01/08/2024 1:44:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: janetjanet998

AA hires. Diversity is our strength.


30 posted on 01/08/2024 1:44:39 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: FreedomPoster

if it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.


31 posted on 01/08/2024 1:47:58 PM PST by BipolarBob (My investment choice for 2024 is pre-ban menthol cigarettes. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They used a castle nut and cotter on the important joint. That loose nut is obviously not important at all. (jk)

Besides, that weak metal bracket just holds the coffee pot in the galley, so it’s not that important. (jk2)


32 posted on 01/08/2024 1:49:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Stainless steel makes for terrible fasteners.


33 posted on 01/08/2024 1:50:30 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: fruser1

Or in-lb vs ft-lb. Off by a factor of 12.

Hey we crashed into Mars once because of the Imperial / Metric mix-up. (or did we miss Mars by a country mile?)


34 posted on 01/08/2024 1:51:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

LOL


35 posted on 01/08/2024 1:52:52 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: janetjanet998
Back a few years ago one of the airlines had to get a flight crew from one place to another which would have been a four hour trip by car.

The plane they decided to stick these people on was already fully loaded as it was holiday time and so they kept the plane at the gate for two hours (this is a major expense) while they decided what to do. Their solution was to kick already seated, already late, passengers off the flight by force. This resulted in some really bad optics. But worse it showed that the airlines were staffed by morons.

Why do I bring this up? Because at the time reading this I decided that I would never fly this airline because they were staffed by nitwits. I could not trust that the people charged with the planes mechanical well being were any smarter or more capable.

I was told that I was being silly. After all plane mechanics were part of a UNION.

Having some experience with people who were part of the BrotherHOODS this cemented my decision to avoid airplanes.

36 posted on 01/08/2024 1:54:02 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: BipolarBob

I have a friend who loved that “if it ain’t Boeing” line and used to joke “it was nice knowing you” whenever anyone said they were going on an Airbus.


37 posted on 01/08/2024 1:54:07 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: janetjanet998

I would like to know if and how Boeing’s hiring practices have changed over the past decade or two. And, I would like them to investigate whether this was sabotage.


38 posted on 01/08/2024 1:54:19 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: yldstrk
McDonnell Douglas be damned. You have ruined Boeing.

That's what I've read multiple times - that McDonnell Douglas was the acquisition that took over and brought down the acquirer. Boeing supposedly had an engineering-first culture before that acquisition.
39 posted on 01/08/2024 1:54:41 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: PGR88
Some line worker having a bad day or hangover?

Never fly in a plane built on Friday...

40 posted on 01/08/2024 1:55:15 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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