Airshow started today. Surprisingly quiet around here. Nothing in the air? Yes, very quiet. I remember the days when Singapore was one of the airshows where interesting announcements would be made about new programmes and variants. Now I actually read an article on a mainstream news site mentioning...
Jump to postAirbus ruled out A380 cargo capability at design phase and optimized it as a passenger plane. Of course you can argue that one can retrofit it but at this stage it's financially impossible to do it. That's factually incorrect and revisionist. In fact a freighter prototype was already in constructio...
Jump to postThe devil's advocate in me is saying that a claim could be made by those allegedly responsible that "the bolts were reinstalled after that photo was taken". If that would be the case, there would be an additional photo showing it with the bolts. In the industry I work in the saying is &qu...
Jump to postThis is the "smoking gun" from the NTSB Preliminary Report. The image is from Sep 19, 2023 18:39 local time after Spirit had repaired the rivets just forward of the left Mid Exit Door Plug. The image shows that 3 out of 4 locking bolts were not present just before the interior was restore...
Jump to postLet’s talk about the missing 4 bolts folks. Calhoun knew early on that they were not reinstalled and that is why he took the blame early on—class act nonetheless. But now they must know who specifically screwed up and how many people were involved. They need to announce that they have fired people ...
Jump to postThe bigger question is if anything else of the structure got damaged when the plug fell out. Checking that might take some time, even if nothing is found. If it hit the airframe, I would think it would have left a pretty visible dent so a close visual inspection should be enough. Based on how it lo...
Jump to postThis article in the New York Times (free link) has the best graphics I've seen of how the plug and its various bolts work: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/23/business/boeing-alaska-airlines-door-plug.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE0.tUh1.njB2BTVXmEw7&smid=url-share Were there any an...
Jump to postThis should finally put to bed that David Calhoun knew exactly what mistake he was taking responsibility and apologizing for. I long for the day when Boeing can roll out a modern marvel that changes the game without becoming an embarrassing black eye to the company. Not an apologist but, if Spirit ...
Jump to postOriginal source was a 2-post comment following a leehamnews article posted on 1/16 (so we all managed to miss it); some interesting replies by other Boeing employees following that as well https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/unplanned-removal-installation-inspection-procedure-at-boeing/#comment-50996...
Jump to postThere is nothing inherently wrong with the MAX design. If MCAS had been properly thought out and coded there wouldn't have been any crashes and the hiding of it an leaving it out of manuals wouldn't have mattered. The production quality issues have nothing to do with what aircraft is being built. I...
Jump to postThis article in the New York Times (free link) has the best graphics I've seen of how the plug and its various bolts work: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/23/business/boeing-alaska-airlines-door-plug.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE0.tUh1.njB2BTVXmEw7&smid=url-share Stefano You're ri...
Jump to postConsidering how many “loose bolts” are being found among so many aircraft that haven’t had an incident or history of pressurization alerts, it leads me to believe that loose bolts aren’t the cause and probably not a failure mode per se, at least not if loose means under-torqued. As an engineer, you...
Jump to postI know with 100% confidence it is NOT TRUE. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You've offered none. Everyone knows Leeham News has a strong pro-Airbus bias and is not a trustworthy news source for information about Boeing. Are you talking about the initial Leeham article ***or the...
Jump to postIf true then this is a process problem at Boeing. However, this kind of information should not be leaking from Boeing (or anyone else). Only the NTSB Root Cause Lead Investigator can authorize release of information - and there are real penalties for parties leaking information. In the nuclear worl...
Jump to postI have no idea what the build quality is of this part. I do know that, before China took over, Malaysia was the cheap manufacturing hub of the world. Having parts built in Malaysia is very likely motivated by cost, not quality. It may have high quality but I can understand the questioning of the ma...
Jump to postThis recent Seattle Times article has an excellent illustration of the plug and associated bolts for those who haven't watched Chris Brady's videos: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/ntsb-focus-on-boeing-spirit-assembly-work-after-alaska-airlines-blowout/ I've seen countless di...
Jump to postYup. Could be interesting to see if there’s a suggestion or recommendation to manufacturers to have certain controllers duplicated in physically distinct locations. Or to move the avionics bay to somewhere viewed ‘safer’. With the increasing use of Ethernet derived networks and collation of functio...
Jump to postThat's quite a story! I wonder what the political reasons are behind corruptly taking over the ATC positions... jobs for the boys or some weird ulterior motve?!
Jump to postANN news posted this dramatic report tonight with much more passenger footage of the conditions inside and outside the aircraft. There was fire both inside the #1 engine and along the leading edge slat assembly, likely from sprayed fuel, but it seems these flames stayed localized for awhile and did...
Jump to postI find it difficult to believe that the CG tail bent in such a way that it didn't leave a dent above the nose cone of the A350. See my earlier post and that of JayinKitsap. Given the tail section's attachment at the bottom, well below the point of impact, I find it hard to believe that it would som...
Jump to postANN news posted this dramatic report tonight with much more passenger footage of the conditions inside and outside the aircraft. There was fire both inside the #1 engine and along the leading edge slat assembly, likely from sprayed fuel, but it seems these flames stayed localized for awhile and did...
Jump to postIf that is the case then why does there not appear to be any damage from the tail plane hitting high up on the nose of the A350 and killing its crew instantly? A lot of this discussion seems to ignore parts separating and pivoting during the impacts. With the initial impact likely on the vertical t...
Jump to postIs it just me or is the standard of posts here going down? A literal collision with fireball, at night, no prior warning. Successful total evacuation with only minor (slide related) injuries. Multiple videos showing foam already on the wings, ground and fuselage DURING evac. And people are like &qu...
Jump to postOne thing that may see some focus is the ARFF response. That Red Air crash at MIA saw a very fast and very aggressive response from ARFF. Granted we're not talking about a runway collision in MIA, but the level of response at MIA seems much more intense. I don't think that will be much focus at all...
Jump to postWhy is the plane still on fire? Where is the ARFF response? It should have been doused in foam within minutes... (finally got to the forum to catch up, apologies if I'm behind the news at this point) From the early footage I saw a couple of hours ago to the footage I just saw, I am reminded of some...
Jump to postWhy is the plane still on fire? Where is the ARFF response? It should have been doused in foam within minutes... (finally got to the forum to catch up, apologies if I'm behind the news at this point) From the early footage I saw a couple of hours ago to the footage I just saw, I am reminded of some...
Jump to postA quirk I've noticed is how British airports have those arrival lounge waiting areas and they don't announce the gate until relatively last minute. Generally everywhere else I've been, in Europe and the US, does share the gate information at least a few hours before the flight. That is a completely...
Jump to postI can't imagine they are just hackable like this. It is just a claim by a hacker group. And if something is lost to hackers anywhere it will be finally leaked regardless of payments or not. So don't pay. Never. I seem to remember reading that companies pay up (to prevent hacking stories coming out)...
Jump to postPW100 wrote:This is now the official new fish thread . . .
Am I the only one quite surprised that what appears to be a ramp agent seems quite happy to go tickle the bear's nose to persuade him to step back from the door?
The bear himself (is that a sun bear)? seems to be in quite a good mood...
Well apparently according to Simon Calder continental Europeans cannot be bothered to get passports because they ‘only’ travel within the EU so their I.d cards suffice. Have you ever heard such a ridiculous statement from a supposed travel expert. If you hold citizenship of an EU country, live in S...
Jump to posterr…you regularly ignore crew instructions to keep devices in airplane mode? You would not believe the amount of arrogant, entititled, obnoxious ego behind some phone screens on aircraft. I had a recent experience flying out of Singapore where a bunch of twenty-somethings were actively and openly d...
Jump to postYes, but if/when Lamborghini has reliability problems or worse, you arent killing 80 people at a time. There's no comparison here. The question was about companies taking big leaps upwards and/or sideways in fields of expertise, so it's highly comparable. You're talking about an entirely different ...
Jump to postThat is the same, as if Porsche would chose a manufacturer of lawn mower engines or moped engines as supplier for their next top sports car. They have just to step up a bit. Are investors really that blind? Or is it pure gambling? This kind of thing does happen... tractor manufacturer Lamborghini h...
Jump to postThat is the same, as if Porsche would chose a manufacturer of lawn mower engines or moped engines as supplier for their next top sports car. They have just to step up a bit. Are investors really that blind? Or is it pure gambling? This kind of thing does happen... tractor manufacturer Lamborghini h...
Jump to postIn general it is to optimize safety nothing else !!! Ha ha! Good one... you're obviously not an aerospace engineer. Paraphrasing the professor of my first-year aerospace course: if safety were paramount, passengers would stay stuck inside a motionless block of concrete at the start of the runway. a...
Jump to postTo imply that Boeing is somehow responsible for that, and is bribing CAAC to remain quiet, is a far wilder theory than suicide. It also implies there is something wrong with the aircraft, that Boeing wishes to conceal. So really difficult to understand why you would believe this, which has never ha...
Jump to postRange anxiety is a thing for electric cars - and all electric vehicles lose range even more in cold weather. Range anxiety for an electric aircraft is a whole different animal. Funny thing is - range anxiety is more of a thing for people who own ICE cars than for EV owners. During a long journey la...
Jump to postI think leisure travel is heading for a nose dive in the UK, 2023 going to be horrible year for joe public money wise. BA could even be parking some A380's again. Why are all of you on the other side of the pond going to be taking voluntary pay cuts? Are you all planning to be 'outsourced' en masse...
Jump to postThere are concepts where the entire sidewall is an led screen showing the outside. https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/28/windowless-plane-lets-you-fly-with-your-head-in-the-clouds.html This is what i thought they should do if they go windowless. It would open the cabin very well but the heat/durability f...
Jump to postWell windows aren't just the weight of the panes. As they are cut-outs in the fuselage they need reinforcing around them. And potentially the structure could be designed differently if you didn't have those holes in there. The window belt is a very heavy, complex, stress and fatigue sensitive lump ...
Jump to postAha! I thought I kept seeing aircraft making odd turns during the last couple of days - according to FlightRadar its been doing lots of really weird loops where I'm currently living south of Bristol. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Jump to postYour plane of reference is the aircraft interior Plain of reference... Nope - it's definitely "plane of reference". As for Matt6461 and others - why is it so hard to imagine that a large BWB would just execute turns more gradually? When you need to turn you need to turn. Gradual turning c...
Jump to postYou're missing the point... you don't notice height differences in metres when you're a couple of kilometres up! Yes you can, because you can see the height difference relative to passengers seated elsewhere in the cabin. The fact that you are a couple of kilometers up doesn’t matter, it depends on...
Jump to postA blended wing has passenger comfort issues the larger the distance off center line their seat is, this would be insurmountable for a xxx A xxxxx A xxxxx A xxx arrangement, the window seat would be like a carnival ride, but for hours. This is an oft-quoted trope that I've heard is a bit overblown -...
Jump to postCan anybody name a single piece of intellectual property that Airbus (or a contractor) developed for the A380 and then transferred to Boeing to help the 787? Composite aft pressure bulkhead, ADFX avionics network, cabin pressure controller, 4xVF Generating System, distributed electrical network. Wh...
Jump to postWhat are the certification requirements regarding passenger windows, thinking of a blended wing. Could it be xxx A xxx|xxx A xxx with the | being either columns spaced at alternate frames or a dividing wall. That would allow for a double bubble sideways, basically two 767 hulls side by side. I thin...
Jump to postzeke wrote:strfyr51 wrote:Hardware workarounds with their AMS hardware to not infringe on MS and NAS hardware standards Owned by BOEING.
This is utter hogwash, these standards are not owned by Boeing,
I wouldn't be surprised if it were a Boeing-Airbus joint effort as was originally planned for the A380. But count me sceptical. Do you have a source that the A380 was originally a Boeing-Airbus joint effort? Given that Boeing had the 747 and 777 at the time, I don’t see how they’d want to get invol...
Jump to postThread from last month on it. CNN needs to be quicker! https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1474195&p=23365131&hilit=sky+hotel#p23365131 Not only that but wasn't it eventually revealed that the whole thing was a joke by a bored graphic designer? (not surprising) I comment...
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