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Southwest Airlines forced to ground 128 Boeing 737 airplanes for inspections
"Southwest Airlines confirmed Tuesday evening that it grounded 128 of its Boeing 737-700 aircraft that day after it discovered that the airplanes had not received required inspections." (aviationblog.dallasnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I remember that very well, and I agree with you on much of this.. However, inspections would not have helped with this issue because it was not known what the problem was at the time... As a matter of fact until the one 737 (Eastwinds 517) has a rudder hard over and over came it and made a successful landing.... It was also determined that not only was the rudder going hard over, but was also going in the wrong direction. A Service Bulletin was issued immediately to tell crews how to handle the situation and an AD issued soon after for required repairs...
There were other pieces of information that makes this not the best example as I had a friend who caught it on film. When he contacted the NTSB to share his evidence, the FBI took the film and put a gag order on him... Where the 737's did have a real problem that Boeing fixed, it was not a Rudder issue on this particular aircraft. Enough said.
There were other pieces of information that makes this not the best example as I had a friend who caught it on film. When he contacted the NTSB to share his evidence, the FBI took the film and put a gag order on him... Where the 737's did have a real problem that Boeing fixed, it was not a Rudder issue on this particular aircraft. Enough said.
How do you "miss' an inspection--even if it is only a secondary hydraulic system. What if you just happen to bust a checkride? Oh,I just happened to bust my checkride. Maybe nobody will notice. Inspections are not a "just if we can" type of thing. They are for a reason. SWA is getting away with murder.
SWA has had a history of this.
Flying SWA is cheap. It's a cattle car and it's a train wreck waiting to happen. Cockey airline.Saftey is not their priority. $$$$$$$
That is it... Maintenance is one of the places they cut costs.
Remember when most all of the airlines were outsourcing maintenance? They all cut costs where they can, but certainly not to the place where safety records would be affected. I believe you saw things that went against your grain, but simply do not believe SWA is alone. I said it before, just look at its safety record. You and many others seem to be of the impression it's profit at all cost. I don't. Other than non-profits, all businesses are there to make money. It's called Capitalism. If it runs in the red, it gets shuttered and everyone's out of a job.
Are you trying to say that they do not out source maintenance, you are wrong... They out source the larger heavy check maintenance to South America.... Very little known fact, and they try it cover it up.... Just like the mechanic who found a structural crack that was not in the work scope of the inspection he was working on. He got fired, finally won a lawsuit and got his record cleaned up after many years.
I have looked at their safety record
Flt 1248 in MDW Slide off the runway killing 6 Captain did not turn on AntiSkid
Flt 1455 in ALS Over Ran the runway ( procedures instruct the pilot not flying to make altitude call-outs at 1000, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50, 30, and 10 feet (3.0 m). )
Flt 2294 in CRW (Diverted) Lost Pressurization, Hole Blew out in the fuselage, missed inspection
Flt 812 i 2 injuries to Yuma , Hole Blew out in the fuselage, missed inspection
Flt 345 in LGA, Capt made a bad very steep approach because she wanted to make schedule. Put the Nose gear through the Forward Avionics Compartment.
Flt 649, Burbank CA, Near MidAir collision with cessna (where was the TCAS
Flt ???, LGA, Crew had a Cargo Door Warning, Capt on CVR stated that it was an indication issue, did not gate return, said they would write it up at the next station. Unable to pressurized a/c returned to field and the cargo door was in the OPEN and LATCHED position... No one ever even tried to close it.
Personally I think their record is pretty bad... I have looked at it in great detail.
I have looked at their safety record
Flt 1248 in MDW Slide off the runway killing 6 Captain did not turn on AntiSkid
Flt 1455 in ALS Over Ran the runway ( procedures instruct the pilot not flying to make altitude call-outs at 1000, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50, 30, and 10 feet (3.0 m). )
Flt 2294 in CRW (Diverted) Lost Pressurization, Hole Blew out in the fuselage, missed inspection
Flt 812 i 2 injuries to Yuma , Hole Blew out in the fuselage, missed inspection
Flt 345 in LGA, Capt made a bad very steep approach because she wanted to make schedule. Put the Nose gear through the Forward Avionics Compartment.
Flt 649, Burbank CA, Near MidAir collision with cessna (where was the TCAS
Flt ???, LGA, Crew had a Cargo Door Warning, Capt on CVR stated that it was an indication issue, did not gate return, said they would write it up at the next station. Unable to pressurized a/c returned to field and the cargo door was in the OPEN and LATCHED position... No one ever even tried to close it.
Personally I think their record is pretty bad... I have looked at it in great detail.
I've said it before, I get your point. Do you have any idea how other airlines of like size stack up against what you've just posted? Over how long a period of time did those 7 incidents happen, do you know? Is it any better or any worse than average? I'm keeping in mind as I read your posts that it's easy, just like anyone who has negative feelings, to talk about all the bad and quite frankly, to dig up everything they can find that's bad. (Not saying yours aren't warranted - not saying that at all.) I am just curious if SWA is worse, better or typical in this arena.
Other airlines do not have these massive a/c that miss inspections.... Others have had crashes and incidents, but none for Delta, American, and USAir or any other US Major that has had the inspection groundings and fuselage separations caused by poor maintenance. The DC-10's had maint issue with changing engines, but it was not a blatant miss, and was thought to be a good procedure.. Those procedures went away.... SWA just keeps making the same mistakes and do not learn from them
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.post-gazette.com%2Flocal%2Fregion%2F2014%2F09%2F07%2FUSAir-Flight-427-20-years-later%2Fstories%2F201409070272&ei=rOf0VJHuAsHvUs2QgdAF&usg=AFQjCNHWs8tN0c4jDWRGwi8XTU2XAhSbvQ&sig2=d30dSFbqUGoDXrW3R_eJag
This is why all airlines need to follow inspections and make repairs. SWA included.