Read First if flying on a Boeing 737 Max–or maybe not!

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“BREAKING: Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737, has disappeared from radar after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia.” Twitter

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Good clip of a nadgered Boeing en-route to Honolulu. Almost simultaneously another US Boeing shed an engine over Germany.

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Still every reason to avoid flying on a Boeing and in consequence avoid flying on Ryan Airways (big commitment to the MAXimum disaster).

Even after all the deaths and subsequent air worthiness checks, the Boeing kludge to fix their oversized engines is still causing trim failures resulting in emergency action being required.

https://avherald.com/h?article=4e52a7cb&opt=0

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Yet another Boeing horror story!

Boeing 787s in service have defective titanium parts.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-deals-with-new-defect-787-dreamliner-wsj-2021-10-14/

Boeing say that the fact that the bits which are used to secure major parts of the plane will not immediately affect safety — I’m sure that Boeing’s word on flight safety can be completely  trusted , , ,

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Just to make Boeing’s day their former chief test pilot has been indicted for fraudulently deceiving the US FAA.

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As Boeing have apparently thrown him to the wolves, it will be interesting to see if he decides to give evidence against the senior management of Boeing.

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Maybe it is a good job that flying anywhere is currently in the too hard category. Airbus are dealing with a problem that while nowhere near as catastrophic as Boeing’s, still looks pretty horrible!

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/costly-airbus-paint-flaw-goes-wider-than-gulf-2021-11-29/

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I just wish that Boeing would address what appears to be inherent flaws with the whole 737 range. Today’s accident in China reminds me of a number of very similar accidents that have occurred over the years. The China crash is however especially horrific in that the plane plummeted vertically for over three minutes from a height of 33000 feet.

This Australian link includes footage from a mobile that shows the last few seconds showing the plane diving vertically into the ground.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/plane-carrying-133-crashes-in-china-casualties-unknown/news-story/283d107abceae4c132f821d15bf060a3

Understandably, China has grounded all its 737-800s. I hope the rest of the world quickly follows them!

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Yet another reason to check if a large proportion of Boeings are used by your chosen airline (e.g. Ryanair). Luckily this incident ended safely, but a recent  777-300 flying from New York to Paris experienced some scary moments (a ‘serious incident’) when it was coming into land.  The crew had to take emergency action as the plane was fighting against the pilot’s control and not following their commands. https://avherald.com/h?article=4f700fec

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You may remember that the Boeing US Air Safety Board certified the somewhat modified Boeing 737 Max as safe to fly. As a result RyanAir and others have resumed flying this heavenly ride.

Fortunately for us, not all journalists have toed the American line, and ABC (Australia) conducted a safety audit of the first year of 737-MAX flights resuming. In this audit they found that there were at least 22 cases of flight control system failures, including autopilot malfunction, and at least 42 cases of malfunctions of other plane systems, including engine shutdowns, which lead to the partial loss of aircraft control for the flight crew.

These terrifying results have caught the eye of the frequent flyers in the US Congress and they have demanded a new audit to examine the production oversight of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

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It might be worth checking what planes are booked for your packaged holiday this year, as our misshapen Government seems to have totally ignored this US Congress response!

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