Holed Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing

gimpy117 · 04-03-11, 12:52 PM

yes, Aircraft are different...but heres the thing:

there are rules and regulations for the upkeep of aircraft. There are also rules specific for the airframe. This isn't just a bad spark plug, or a tire that blew out...this as the airframe itself, a 5'x3' section...something that just shouldn't happen if an aircraft is properly maintained and is flown off of what the book tells you hours wise.

The wall street journal also reported that the aircraft was due to checked for structural damage as well...but fatigue like this should have been caught last time

EDIT: also, this happened 2 years ago to another Southwest plane... history seems to repeating itself.

04-03-11, 12:52 PM	#12
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	yes, Aircraft are different...but heres the thing: there are rules and regulations for the upkeep of aircraft. There are also rules specific for the airframe. This isn't just a bad spark plug, or a tire that blew out...this as the airframe itself, a 5'x3' section...something that just shouldn't happen if an aircraft is properly maintained and is flown off of what the book tells you hours wise. The wall street journal also reported that the aircraft was due to checked for structural damage as well...but fatigue like this should have been caught last time EDIT: also, this happened 2 years ago to another Southwest plane... history seems to repeating itself. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army