Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!

[usrifle]

Looks like there will be some "holes" in the production line pretty soon...

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Train-d ... 66171.html

[RENCORP]

That - was Steve's doing. Water flow testing for toilet design, early on.

[K&E ARMS]

That - was Steve's doing. Water flow testing for toilet design, early on.

ROFLMAO. I knew he wanted some time off

[MadPick]

Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.

[usrifle]

Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.

Very big deal....

[MadPick]

Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.

Very big deal....

I know some QA guys that are gonna be working weekends in July.

[cmica]

meh that will buff right out












my guess would to trash it. who knows what damage or integrity of it will show up later

[BadKarma]

meh that will buff right out

[MadPick]

my guess would to trash it. who knows what damage or integrity of it will show up later

Maybe.

But Boeing's AOG (airplane on ground) teams do some pretty amazing things with getting damaged airplanes back in the sky. I expect they could work some similar miracles on these fuselages.

Check out this AOG video: http://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/flight-today/ptq-put-together-quickly/

Schedule will be everything here. It's critical to get those fuselages back into the production line ASAP, to meet customer commitments. And of course, whether they get repaired or replaced, they will be 100% before they leave the ground.

[MadPick]

Here's another AOG article. Note the bit about the Air India repair: "The damaged 747 in New Delhi, India, in 1988 was the biggest repair job in Boeing AOG history -- nearly 70 percent of the airplane needed repair or replacement."

http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2002/september/i_ca2.html

[CQBgopher]

Insurance job.

[usrifle]

Depends on the Damage. If the cars rolled over and the skins are all damaged, as well as underlying structure, they probably won't bother with them....and the one with the 48 Sec ripped off? Scrap.
They will incur more damage being recovered as well, it ain't over yet.

[olydemon]

Meh, just sell them to China air... Probably better condition than their current fleet.

[CQBgopher]

I suppose they could repackage them as the 787-Ouch. Can't be much worse.

[usrifle]

Meh, just sell them to China air... Probably better condition than their current fleet.

Nope...they have a whole lot of newer 737's. They come down the line regularly.