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An engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landing (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] loanrangerofpeanuts 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The plane is 7 years old. This isn’t a Boeing issue, this is a Southwest maintenance issue. Engine cowlings are regularly removed for maintenance. If a latch or latches aren’t properly secured or suffer from excessive wear then this is the outcome. I get the disdain for Boeing, but it should be based on issues of their negligence, not the negligence of their customers.

[–] tomatolung 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Arguably. Reading the comments on avhearld, the cowling latches to each other rather than to the frame and the latches themselves are very low and easy to miss. Airbus has tried to eliminate this potential oversight, whereas Boeing has not. So yes, potentially missed non walk around, but also a possible systematic design failure.

https://avherald.com/h?article=51721379&opt=0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not arguably, still a maintaine issue with the owner of the plane.

[–] tomatolung 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Failures of design can lead to maintenance failures. Where as maintenance failures do not always stem from failures of design.

So not mutually exclusive in this case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

First sentence is true. Last sentence is not. We'll see.