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Nah, not Boeing this time. Airline. Tire changes happen every few hundred landings, so are squarely an airline ramp mechanic thing. There's one big nut holding
by imglorp 3y ago
Nah, not Boeing this time. Airline.
Tire changes happen every few hundred landings, so are squarely an airline ramp mechanic thing. There's one big nut holding the wheel on with a bunch of covers and safeties.
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- KingOfCoders 3y agoThanks, guess investigators have no need to investigate then, they just need to ask you as you know the reason for the dropped wheel already - which is fast!
- jgwil2 3y agoFrom the guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky.
- imglorp 3y agoSnark aside, it's a fair point. It's totally possible there is a design defect in that axle or fastener admitting metal fatigue and we will start seeing more 777 events in 20+ year old landing gear. Is it likely though, compared to routine field maint? It's the user's role (airline) to inspect the landing gear like axles and fasteners for wear and replace them. It's a 22 year old ship with on the order of 10,000 landing cycles. It's probably had its wheels replaced hundreds of times and axles inspected that many times. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N226UA https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResul...