OOPS! Southwest Grounds 43 Planes for Checks

[A4sForever]

DALLAS (AP): Southwest Airlines acknowledges missing required safety checks

And the FAA is not without dirt on it's hands, either ...

 

[JIMC5499]

I wonder if these were the checks initiated after that Aloha Airlines flight became a convertable?

 

[plc67]

I'll be interested to hear what their POI has to say.

 

[wink]

USAirways had sever crack issues a couple years ago but managed to keep it quiet.

 

[SDNalgene]

USAirways had sever crack issues a couple years ago but managed to keep it quiet.

Okay, you got me. I was staring at it for a good 10 seconds looking for some insidious cracks in the skin (of the airplane that is). Damnit.

 

[nittany03]

Okay, you got me. I was staring at it for a good 10 seconds looking for some insidious cracks in the skin (of the airplane that is). Damnit.

Second. I need eye bleach . . .

 

[HAL Pilot]

I wonder if these were the checks initiated after that Aloha Airlines flight became a convertable?

That happened in 1988 and the lessons learned from that were applied to almost every airlplane.

This is rather more recent and limited in scope.