Another Boeing 737 Max-8 crash

Since the video of the CEO is right there in the story, I think it's pretty safe.

 

Oh, fair enough then.

There are some links I don't bother clicking (TMZ and such...)

 

the actual link from Boeing was in the article

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737max/737-max-update.page#/message

 

Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html

 

Soooooo how do you find out if a plane you're flying on was built in Everett or Charleston?

 

Depends if it has Pirellis or Dunlops.

 

787 = final assembly in Charleston. Bits and pieces made all over the world. They may now make the wings in Charleston, iirc they used to fly them in on a Guppy from Washington. Main spar box is Italian I think???

 

There's two final assembly lines, one in Everett and one in Charleston. Apparently the Charleston one is so fucked that Qatar airlines will only accept planes assembled in Everett. I know the airforce stopped accepting planes because they kept finding FOD and even left behind tools in the aircraft when they went to do acceptance inspections.

 

Not Boeing but the FAA recently, few days ago, grounded all Cirrus SF 50 (small jet) due to.......AOA vane causing unwarranted activation of the stall warning system.
Seems some bolts weren't tightened to spec...

 

As a software developer I found this opinion piece a very interesting perspective. Disclaimer: It's opinion.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace...37-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer

 

How much trouble would it have been to certify taller landing gear vs all the engine /wing BS they had to do to make it work? Taller landing gear seems like a easier problem then changing flight dynamics. And they have different size landing gear across the line up, I know the -700 and -800 have different gear; I'm just failing to see the need to change all that.

 

Weren't the tankers made in Everett? I didn't realize they had a separate 787 line in WA. I thought they added a wing line in North Chuck. In any case the FAA has left the assembly inspection process to the manufactures instead of having FAA inspectors on the lines. Fox watching the hen house.

 

Taller landing gear has to retract somewhere. I don't know the specifics of the 737, but it could be as simple as it takes way too much in terms of airframe modifications.

 

That would require a redesigned fuselage to accommodate the taller gear which means they might as well go for an entire new type of aircraft.

 

They actually have extended it throughout the life of the aircraft line up and extended it like 15cm for the MAX. It's just weird they redesigned a whole wing and engine combo instead of making the required height adjustments.

Actually, here's an article stating the basically redesigned the entire MAX-10 gear just so pilot could rotate at the same rate on takeoff as the -8 and -9

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/boeing-737-max-10-landing-gear/

 

My flight this morning.

 

That’s not a very accurate description of the problem.

 

I thought they were all grounded???

 

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