Some are claiming it was "turbulence" but that would hardly qualify as a "technical event".
ZeroHedge (Tuesday): "Plane Was Nosediving": United Airlines Boeing 737 Engine Erupts In Flames Over Texas
CBS News (Thursday): American Air jet clipped Frontier Jet on Miami International Airport tarmac
ZeroHedge (Friday): United's Boeing 737 Max Jet Veers Off Runway In Houston, Marking Third Incident In Week
ZeroHedge (Friday): Tire Separates From Boeing 777, Crushes Cars In San Francisco Parking
ABC7 News (Friday): SFO-MEX United flight makes emergency landing at LAX due to hydraulic failure: officials
All I know is I thank God that the 2 Boeing planes I was on this past Friday didn't have issues.In January I flew out of Haneda Tokyo (on an Airbus 320) only a couple of hours before the fatal crash there. When I arrived at my destination I heard about the crash and quickly called my family to let them know I wasn't on the involved flight. Phew!
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
2 hours ago
By Theo Leggett,Business correspondent, BBC News
A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.
It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.
Mr Barnett had worked for the US plane giant for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017 on health grounds.
From 2010, he worked as a quality manager at the North Charleston plant making the 787 Dreamliner, a state-of-the-art airliner used mainly on long-haul routes.
In 2019, Mr Barnett told the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50293927) that under-pressure workers had been deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the production line.
He also said he had uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems, which could mean one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency.
He said soon after starting work in South Carolina he had become concerned that the push to get new aircraft built meant the assembly process was rushed and safety was compromised, something the company denied.
John Barnett was a former quality control manager at Boeing
He later told the BBC that workers had failed to follow procedures intended to track components through the factory, allowing defective components to go missing.
He said in some cases, sub-standard parts had even been removed from scrap bins and fitted to planes that were being built to prevent delays on the production line.
He also claimed that tests on emergency oxygen systems due to be fitted to the 787 showed a failure rate of 25%, meaning that one in four could fail to deploy in a real-life emergency.
Mr Barnett said he had alerted managers to his concerns, but no action had been taken.
Boeing denied his assertions. However, a 2017 review by the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), did uphold some of Mr Barnett's concerns.
It established that the location of at least 53 "non-conforming" parts in the factory was unknown, and that they were considered lost. Boeing was ordered to take remedial action.
On the oxygen cylinders issue, the company said that in 2017 it had "identified some oxygen bottles received from the supplier that were not deploying properly". But it denied that any of them were actually fitted on aircraft.
After retiring, he embarked on a long-running legal action against the company.
He accused it of denigrating his character and hampering his career because of the issues he pointed out - charges rejected by Boeing.
At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case.
Last week, he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel.
He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday. When he did not appear, enquiries were made at his hotel.
He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park.
Speaking to the BBC, his lawyer described his death as "tragic".
In a statement Boeing said: "We are saddened by Mr. Barnett's passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends."
His death comes at a time when production standards at both Boeing and its key supplier Spirit Aerosystems are under intense scrutiny.
This follows an incident in early January when an unused emergency exit door blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off from Portland International Airport.
- US launches Boeing investigation after blowout (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67943988)
- Boeing review finds 'disconnect' on safety (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68409029)
A preliminary report from the US National Transportation Safety Board suggested that four key bolts, designed to hold the door securely in place, were not fitted.
Last week, the FAA said a six-week audit of the company had found "multiple instances where the company allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements".
Just a coincidence: Boeing whistleblower found dead in USIndeed… a cohencidence.
(https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703)
a "self-inflicted" wound
Indeed… a cohencidence.
If it's Boeing ... I'm not going. :laugh1::jester:
Just a coincidence: Boeing whistleblower found dead in USAlthough I have very little confidence that we will, I sure hope we get the real story eventually. Anyone who believes this guy offed himself I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them.
(https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703)
AND ANOTHER ONE: Boeing Plane Forced to Land After Fuel Starts Leaking Out During Takeoff (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/another-one-boeing-plane-forced-land-after-fuel/).
The woes continue to pile up for Boeing.
As NBC Bay Area reported a scary scene unfolded Monday after one of the troubled manufacturer’s planes, a 777-300 jet, was forced to land due to fuel leaking from its right landing gear.
The incident occurred just 10 seconds after United Airlines Flight 830 from Sydney to San Francisco took off. Video captured by plane spotter New York Aviation shows clear images of fluid spewing from the plane.
A passenger video also shows the airline crew dumping fuel before the plane lands.
I wonder how far the Left will push wokeism in the airline industry. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw, during the BLM riots, that airlines are now going to start hiring people based on skin color, and were guaranteeing a certain minimum number of skin-qualified "pilots" in their company. I wondered back then if they were going to push this agenda until planes started falling out of the sky.Today I had a free-ranging discussion on these matters with a friend who is a retired pilot. He said this crap has been worsening since the 1970's.
Looks like we're approaching that line pretty quickly ...
I wonder how far the Left will push wokeism in the airline industry. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw, during the BLM riots, that airlines are now going to start hiring people based on skin color, and were guaranteeing a certain minimum number of skin-qualified "pilots" in their company. I wondered back then if they were going to push this agenda until planes started falling out of the sky.
Looks like we're approaching that line pretty quickly ...
Given thatthe Left[the Jews] wants to get rid of ordinary passenger airlines...to save the planet, mind you...I think they will push "the Message" until the public decides not to fly anymore. If Boeing plane issues don't do it, the FAA hiring unqualified air traffic controllers will...eventually.
Actually… two 737MAX crashes were fatal.… and the entire 737 series of aircraft is associated with 5,779 fatalities.Yes.. I knew about those. I was referring the very recent flurry of issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737
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This is terrifying. Sadly, I think you're right, Mark. I think the goal is to crash enough planes to make people stop flying, which is the goal. These people are pure evil.Judaism is explicitly clear. Their "theology" teaches that only they are human and the rest of us should be killed, allowing for enough gentile slaves to satisfy the carnal desires of the Jews. They are using every weapon against us: perpetual war, economic oppression, famine, bioweapons, a weaponized "health care" industry, gentile-against-gentile violence and crime, "immigration" invasion, shoddy products… whatever it takes.
Judaism is explicitly clear. Their "theology" teaches that only they are human and the rest of us should be killed, allowing for enough gentile slaves.
Judaism is explicitly clear. Their "theology" teaches that only they are human and the rest of us should be killed, allowing for enough gentile slaves to satisfy the carnal desires of the Jews.
Well, the feeling is mutual :laugh1:Spoken like a true Catholic and a true Hungarian.
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This would explain a lot about the world today. I'm not sure I've heard this idea before. [empasis added] I'm very curious what you're basing this on?
In the latest bad news for Boeing, the FBI has started notifying passengers on the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines flight that experienced a terrifying blowout of a door-plug that they may be a "victim of a crime."
“As a victim specialist with the Seattle division, I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible victim of a crime,” read the FBI letters to travelers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. “This case is currently under investigation by the FBI. A criminal investigation can be a lengthy undertaking, and for several reasons, we cannot tell you about its progress at this time.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fbi-tells-passengers-blown-out-door-plug-flight-they-may-be-victim-crime
FlySafair Boeing 737's Wheel Separates After Takeoff.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/flysafair-boeing-737s-wheel-separates-after-takeoff
Boeing 767 Loses Emergency Slide After Departing From New York City
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/boeing-767-loses-emergency-slide-after-departing-new-york-city
(https://www.barnhardt.biz/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2041-1.jpg):laugh1::laugh2:
I wonder how far the Left will push wokeism in the airline industry. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw, during the BLM riots, that airlines are now going to start hiring people based on skin color, and were guaranteeing a certain minimum number of skin-qualified "pilots" in their company. I wondered back then if they were going to push this agenda until planes started falling out of the sky.I think the end goal is that flying will eventually be off limits to most of us because of (((climate change))) and 15 minute open-air prisons...er...cities. So cue the accidents and resultant fear.
Looks like we're approaching that line pretty quickly ...
Nearly 300 Boeing 777s Used By United & American Airlines At Risk For 'Exploding' Fuel Tanks
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nearly-300-boeing-777s-used-united-american-airlines-risk-exploding-fuel-tanks
:facepalm:Yep. For an upcoming trip I revised my itinerary so that no Boeing craft will be involved, only Airbus.
Yep. For an upcoming trip I revised my itinerary so that no Boeing craft will be involved, only Airbus.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Airbus_A320_family
https://….com/en/2024/03/vietnam-airlines-grounds-12-airbus-a321-due-to-engine-problems.html
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/102182/scared-of-flying-in-an-airbus-a220
https://goldenepaulettes.com/airbus-a320-common-problems-pilot-career
c'est la vie… ou la mort…
Boeing’s Largest Factory in “Panic Mode,” Trying to Keep Employees Silent as They Duct Tape Jets Together
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/boeings-largest-factory-in-panic-mode-trying-to-keep-employees-silent-as-they-duct-tape-jets-together/
I used to watch this show about unexplained air disasters, and the bizarre ones always involved Airbus. So at the time I said I'd never fly Airbus. Now Boeing is off the table aslo, with your best bet being an older 737 or 747 ... except for the DEI maintenance crews. Maybe a McDonald Douglas DC-10 or something, but there aren't many of those left, I think, and, if there are, they'd be pretty old.Yes, I wish there were still airlines flying McDonnell Douglas aircraft, those jets were tough. Delta and American retired their MD-80 a few years ago. Not we only have flimsily Boeing or Airbus (a.ka.a Scare-bus)
Some recently manufactured Boeing and Airbus jets have components made from titanium that was sold using fake docuмentation verifying the material's authenticity, according to a supplier for the plane makers, raising concerns about the structural integrity of those airliners.
The falsified docuмents are being investigated by Spirit AeroSystems, which supplies fuselages for Boeing and wings for Airbus, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration. The investigation comes after a parts supplier found small holes in the material from corrosion. -NYT
The planes that included components made with the material were built between 2019 and 2023, among them some Boeing 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner airliners as well as Airbus A220 jets, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. It is not clear how many of those planes are in service or which airlines own them.
"This is about docuмents that have been falsified, forged and counterfeited," Joe Buccino, a Spirit spokesman, told NYT, adding, "Once we realized the counterfeit titanium made its way into the supply chain, we immediately contained all suspected parts to determine the scope of the issues."
The issue appears to date to 2019 when a Turkish material supplier, Turkish Aerospace Industries, purchased a batch of titanium from a supplier in China, according to the people familiar with the issue. The Turkish company then sold that titanium to several companies that make aircraft parts, and those parts made their way to Spirit, which used them in Boeing and Airbus planes.This is yet another problem for the aviation industry and Boeing. Stories like these erode confidence in commercial air travel and raise the question: Has the FAA been asleep at the yoke?
In December 2023, an Italian company that bought the titanium from Turkish Aerospace Industries noticed that the material looked different from what the company typically received. The company, Titanium International Group, also found that the certificates that came with the titanium seemed inauthentic.
Turkish Aerospace Industries did not respond to a request for a comment.
Spirit began investigating the matter, and the company notified Boeing and Airbus in January that it could not verify the source of the titanium used to make certain parts. Titanium International Group told Spirit that when it bought the material in 2019, it had no clue that the paperwork had been forged, according to Spirit officials.
... People familiar with the situation said it appeared that an employee at the Chinese company that sold the titanium had forged the details on the certificates, writing that the material came from another Chinese company, Baoji Titanium Industry, a firm that often supplies verified titanium. Baoji Titanium later confirmed that it had not supplied the titanium. The origin of the titanium remains unclear.
FAA investigates 'Dutch roll' on Southwest Airlines 737 Max plane | ktvb.com (https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/faa-ntsb-investigating-unusual-rolling-motion-southwest-airlines-boeing-737-max/507-1846db5e-13b4-4a60-bf51-b800dcaa90cd)
Bloomberg reported the memo indicated a “newer” first officer was flying at the time and inadvertently pushed forward on the control column.
It's both. Boeing is very invested in DEI.Miser posted this in Funny Stuff
Cuevas said the gaps he observed in the plane’s forward pressure bulkheads appeared in two aircraft that he helped build and could potentially lead to “catastrophe.” Cuevas claims the workers were drilling holes slightly larger than Boeing’s specifications to “clear excess paint from the holes and speed up a slow process,” which, he believes, could compromise power and air pressure on the planes, creating serious safety risk for the passengers on board.
Cuevas said he filed a complaint with Boeing’s ethics hotline, reporting to management that he believed Spirit was hiding the issues from Boeing. He also alleges that Boeing opened an investigation into Cuevas’ concerns in October 2023, alerting Spirit management to the complaints. During that time, Cuevas says his colleague remarked, “we’ve got a snitch among us,” and in March, Spirit suddenly fired Cuevas, according to the complaints.
The complaints say Cuevas witnessed these problems with three planes he worked on and believes these issues may affect at least 10 to 12 planes either in production or already released to Boeing.
Well… it's not a Boeing, but a Bombardier CRJ-200 and quite an interesting structural failure, a complete separation of the cockpit from the cabin on takeoff. The explanation offered in the article does not seem plausible to me, more a "CYA" blame shift.This is a good article that addresses why air safety is so bad there. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/why-do-planes-crash-often-nepal/)
https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/miraculous-survival-pilot-survives-as-plane-splits-in-two-passengers-perish-in-nepal-crash-466830
Boeing names new CEO as it posts loss of more than $1.4 billion in second quarter. (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/boeing-names-new-ceo-posts-loss-14-billion-112437640) Boeing, John Deere – are these companies whose manufacturing capability might be vital in a coming World War? Might they be being destroyed to help see America defeated?
Boeing, John Deere – are these companies whose manufacturing capability might be vital in a coming World War? Might they be being destroyed to help see America defeated?
You really are a world class internet sleuth. Good work.
re John Deere, majority shareholder happens to be ... Bill Gates. (https://www.barrons.com/articles/deere-stocks-bill-gates-bought-shares-51568129401)
For a long time, it seemed almost certain that the astronauts would return to Earth inside Starliner. However, there has been a lot of recent activity at NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX that suggests that Wilmore and Williams could come home aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft rather than Starliner.The report continued:
One informed source said it was greater than a 50-50 chance that the crew would come back on Dragon. Another source said it was significantly more likely than not they would. To be clear, NASA has not made a final decision. This probably will not happen until at least next week. It is likely that Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator, will make the call.On Thursday evening, NASA spokesperson Josh Finch told Ars, "NASA is evaluating all options for the return of agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station as safely as possible. No decisions have been made and the agency will continue to provide updates on its planning."