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2019-10-11 Economy

Mass inspections find 36 cracked wing supports on Boeing planes

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-11 02:31|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Always nice to hear about people actually doing their job - public employees especially.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-11 02:58|| 2019-10-11 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Seattle communists trying to push their garbage on America

Posted by 746 2019-10-11 03:23|| 2019-10-11 03:23|| Front Page Top

#3 gotta love those calmly dispensed words about ‘..adversely affecting the structural integrity...’ much more soothing than, say,’.. the frigging wing will come off and then you all are really screwed.’

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-10-11 07:54|| 2019-10-11 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 It will be interesting to see if is a manufacturing or design issue.

Posted by gorb 2019-10-11 09:35|| 2019-10-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 As someone who watch an engine go kuckoo during pre-flight tests, I have never complained about maintenance delays.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-11 11:14|| 2019-10-11 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 my money is on a manufacturing flaw, not bad design nor poorly put together: think of the F-15 wing root issue: flaw in the metal that was not discovered until the in-flight breakup. subsequent ndi revealed the flaws.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-10-11 17:34|| 2019-10-11 17:34|| Front Page Top

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