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Boeing flags potential delays after supplier finds another problem with some 737 fuselages (m.economictimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Boeing reported another problem with fuselages on its 737 jets that might delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaff to plague the manufacturer.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said in a letter to Boeing staff seen Monday that a worker at its supplier discovered misdrilled holes in fuselages. Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, Kansas, makes a large part of the fuselages on Boeing Max jets.

"While this potential condition is not an immediate safety issue and all 737s can continue operating safely”

‘bUT iT’s sAFE’

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[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Misdrilled holes in the fuselage aren't really a safety concern, they are a personnel concern tho. Sometimes you fuck up and have to eat shit, hopefully before you fuck up 50 fucking jets.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't really buy that it is not a safety thing. Like I know it depends a bit on where the hole is and what it is for. Regardless I don't like the wrong holes in pressure vessels that is just not good for things having to do with safety pressurizing the fuselage.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Without knowing specific locations it's hard to say exactly, but it likely wouldn't keep me out of the airplane. They pressure test them, so that's at least verified.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they pressure tested the Max 9s before delivery and we can see how well that worked out...

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

No worries - so long as they don't forget all the rivets in integration the fuselage won't split in half. They'd have to forget way more than four fasteners lol