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No kidding. Of course these days, it seems like most people would need a safe space and their mom if Char-bucks was out of their favorite coffee drink…
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Fair points.AdRev profit-motivated "original sin" aside, SWA pax have died in the past as a result of engine containment failures. Beyond an honest blade inspection program (as opposed to a regulatory captured one), the cowling components are the critical part of avoiding the former carnage in the first place.
It's fair to suggest the ability to contain is not the sole responsibility of the design, aka the OEM. When panels come flying off like that video shows, that's also on the operator who maintains it (or more pointedly these days, subcontracts to maintain). And it does put into question the presumed ability of the sub-assemblies to do what they're supposed to do, had an engine stage cata-failed before the panels showed themselves to be ill-maintained/handled, as shown by the video.
I think that deserves scrutiny. Not everything is "p&ssy pedestrians and aviation illiterate journos is why we can't have nice things". baby/bathwater type of thing.
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AdRev profit-motivated "original sin" aside, SWA pax have died in the past as a result of engine containment failures. Beyond an honest blade inspection program (as opposed to a regulatory captured one), the cowling components are the critical part of avoiding the former carnage in the first place.
It's fair to suggest the ability to contain is not the sole responsibility of the design, aka the OEM. When panels come flying off like that video shows, that's also on the operator who maintains it (or more pointedly these days, subcontracts to maintain). And it does put into question the presumed ability of the sub-assemblies to do what they're supposed to do, had an engine stage cata-failed before the panels showed themselves to be ill-maintained/handled, as shown by the video.
I think that deserves scrutiny. Not everything is "p&ssy pedestrians and aviation illiterate journos is why we can't have nice things". baby/bathwater type of thing.
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It’s the NY Post. What the heck did you expect? It’s a tabloid rag not worth the paper it’s printed on or the electrons it’s distributed with.
No, they're not.
I can confirm this. The fan case is wrapped in a Kevlar type material and the High Pressure Case and Turbine exhaust cases are all thick and designed to be the containment structure for those modules. The Nacelle does little to nothing for containment.
This is a joke right?
A 737 is rarely airborne at less than 150kts. Unless it came off right at rotation, the airspeed was likely significantly higher.
I stand corrected on the outer fairing panels being part of the containment mechanism.
that's exactly what happened to SW 1380.
Slow your roll there partner
Not to mention that not all engine failures can be contained, and in the case of the woman partially sucked out of the window, that was a contained failure; the offending blade got kicked forward.AdRev profit-motivated "original sin" aside, SWA pax have died in the past as a result of engine containment failures. Beyond an honest blade inspection program (as opposed to a regulatory captured one), the cowling components are the critical part of avoiding the former carnage in the first place.
It's fair to suggest the ability to contain is not the sole responsibility of the design, aka the OEM. When panels come flying off like that video shows, that's also on the operator who maintains it (or more pointedly these days, subcontracts to maintain). And it does put into question the presumed ability of the sub-assemblies to do what they're supposed to do, had an engine stage cata-failed before the panels showed themselves to be ill-maintained/handled, as shown by the video.
I think that deserves scrutiny. Not everything is "p&ssy pedestrians and aviation illiterate journos is why we can't have nice things". baby/bathwater type of thing.
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Agreed. Service difficulty, TFOA/PDA, and BASH reports and ASRS *have* been around for a while and are very useful but they don't get the spotlight or "Crisis Now!" buzz mass media consumers seem to demand these days. While not everything gets reported they are far more comprehensive (and useful) than e.g. the New York Post.
That is not how it works at airlines. The manufacture has established specification for wear and when those specs are exceeded a repair is made. Items that are wearing are tracked and inspected on a schedule to ensure that they remain within the specification.
Of course. That's why the bolts that are supposed to retain that emergency door plug on the 737s were all there, right?
The bolts were left out because someone made a mistake then the procedures did not generate the need for a QC check when the plug was "opened", like it does when the plug is "removed". That was a systemic problem in the established procedures. The system is supposed to be tolerant of mistakes. In this specific case, it wasn't and that allowed the mistake to go uncaught.
I<3 POA.