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> you just experienced an issue overwhelmingly likely to be related to maintenance What maintenance? The plane was barely two months old and the part that fai
by inferiorhuman 3y ago
> you just experienced an issue overwhelmingly likely to be related to maintenance
What maintenance? The plane was barely two months old and the part that failed was meant to be something installed permanently, not an emergency exit door that would probably see regular inspections. It's probably "just" sloppy assembly from Boeing/Spirit, which, yes, merit a grounding and inspection.
- stouset 3y ago> What maintenance? The plane was barely two months old A plane is not a car. They don’t go in once a year to tighten some bolts and replace your oil filter. You have no idea how much is taken apart and reassembled on a regular basis.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoA modern 737 has A / P1 checks every 500 hours. The plane in question has completed a total of 145 flights so it's quite possible it hadn't even reached the 500 hour threshold yet. While emergency equipment like slides and doors are typically inspected with an "A" check, this wasn't an emergency door that failed. What failed was a permanently installed panel. To inspect it you'd have to pull off interior panels, something that doesn't typically happen on a 737 until a C check (roughly every couple of years or 5,000 hours). So yeah. What maintenance on a nearly brand new plane would require pulling the interior apart and disturbing the emergency exit plug? This wasn't a maintenance issue. Edit: And, no, this plane was never at the Oklahoma City MRO. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n704al#3374196f https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n704al#3374196f