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More Boeing problems
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:38 pm
Komo News 737NG
I guess all those quality control problems being publicized the last few years are starting to show. Damn I'd be nervous flying any newer Boeings nowadays.
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Boeing engineers and safety investigators are scrambling to find out how many Boeing 737NGs have cracked 'pickle forks' after finding several in the jets.
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A pickle fork is the part that helps attach a plane's fuselage to its wing structure. It helps manage the stress, torque and aerodynamic forces that bend the connection between the wings and the body of the jet.
Engineers design pickle forks to last the lifetime of the plane, more than 90,000 landings and takeoffs, a term known as "flight cycles" in the aviation industry, without developing cracks. There could be dire results if the pickle fork system on the jet fails in flight.
I guess all those quality control problems being publicized the last few years are starting to show. Damn I'd be nervous flying any newer Boeings nowadays.
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Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:40 pm to Saintsisit
quote:Sounds important
A pickle fork is the part that helps attach a plane's fuselage to its wing structure.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:41 pm to Saintsisit
I just flew in a Boeing. Could have been me.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:41 pm to Saintsisit
I would be pissed if my cause of death was pickle fork malfunction.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:42 pm to Saintsisit
This is FAKE NEWS being spread by anti-American AirBus.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:42 pm to Saintsisit
Next thing you’ll hear is that there’s a problem with the falangie!
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:44 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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This is FAKE NEWS being spread by anti-American AirBus.
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Boeing confirmed to KOMO Friday that there is a cracking issue.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:45 pm to Saintsisit
Should have used the Kosher pickle forks. They're more reliable.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:46 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:
Sounds important
It's important just a small percentage of the time. Only when airborne.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:47 pm to Saintsisit
Wile E. Coyote must be chief engineer at Boeing.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:47 pm to Saintsisit
Has Boeing commented on the quality of their butter knives?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:49 pm to SonicAndBareKnuckles
fricking unions.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:49 pm to redstick13
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Should have used the Kosher pickle forks. They're more reliable.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:52 pm to Saintsisit
Sounds like a pretty big dill.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:52 pm to northshorebamaman
Boeing needs to quit farming their engineering out to foreign countries with little aerospace experience.
Way to save a few dollars Boeing.
Way to save a few dollars Boeing.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 10:04 pm to Saintsisit
"If it's Boeing then I am not going!"
Posted on 9/30/19 at 10:09 pm to Walking the Earth
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I would be pissed if my cause of death was pickle fork malfunction.
Yes that would be quite the pickle.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 10:11 pm to Sao
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Sounds like a pretty big dill.
You win.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 10:21 pm to northshorebamaman
Old timers had and acronym FOR SAID PART. TPTKTFPFBUAC
THE PIECE THE KEEPS THE frickING PLANE FROM BREAKING UP AND CRASHING. If the pilot comes over the PA and says the pickle fork has stress cracks, I wouldn't give two shits.
THE PIECE THE KEEPS THE frickING PLANE FROM BREAKING UP AND CRASHING. If the pilot comes over the PA and says the pickle fork has stress cracks, I wouldn't give two shits.
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 10:25 pm
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