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Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:38 am
by usrifle
Looks like there will be some "holes" in the production line pretty soon...
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Train-d ... 66171.html
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:57 am
by RENCORP
That - was Steve's doing. Water flow testing for toilet design, early on.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:29 pm
by K&E ARMS
RENCORP wrote:That - was Steve's doing. Water flow testing for toilet design, early on.
ROFLMAO. I knew he wanted some time off
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:03 pm
by MadPick
Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:16 pm
by usrifle
MadPick wrote:Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.
Very big deal....
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:17 pm
by MadPick
usrifle wrote:MadPick wrote:Fucking hell. That is a BIG deal.
Very big deal....
I know some QA guys that are gonna be working weekends in July.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:26 pm
by 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
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:28 pm
by BadKarma
cmica wrote:meh that will buff right out
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:36 pm
by MadPick
cmica wrote: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.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:40 pm
by 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
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:43 pm
by CQBgopher
Insurance job.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:46 pm
by 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.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:56 pm
by olydemon
Meh, just sell them to China air... Probably better condition than their current fleet.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:59 pm
by CQBgopher
I suppose they could repackage them as the 787-Ouch. Can't be much worse.
Re: Uh-oh....737 fuselages in the River!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:31 pm
by usrifle
olydemon wrote: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.