Not Boeing's fault after all?

[oldag]

Cockpit Mishap Seen as Likely Cause of Plunge on Boeing 787​

A flight attendant on the Latam flight hit a seat switch, pushing a pilot into the controls during a flight. This caused the airplane to suddenly plunge, pinning some passengers to the ceiling, industry officials say.

 

[etmo]

 

[lone_star_state]

"...while serving a meal." Riiight. Sounds like the better parts of this story aren't being told.

 

[baboon]

Spin doctors getting paid, after all Boeing is a military contractor. They can’t be looking stupid.

 

[Texasgordo]

'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death

A close family friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead and that a story could surface that he killed himself.

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Nothing to see with Boeing

 

[popper]

DEI for the flight crew anymore.

 

[Lead Belly]

Boeing designed the faulty seat switch situation, so they do share some blame IMHO.

 

[oldag]

The switch, on the back of the chair, is usually covered and isn’t supposed to be used when a pilot is in the seat.

Boeing issued a memo late Thursday to operators of 787 jets recommending that they inspect the cockpit chairs for loose covers on the switches and instructing them how to turn off power to the pilot seat motor if needed. Boeing said it is considering updates to flight crew manuals.
“Closing the spring-loaded seat back switch guard onto a loose/detached rocker switch cap can potentially jam the rocker switch, resulting in unintended seat movement,”

The memo says this was a known issue and that Boeing had issued a related service notice in 2017. The memo doesn’t indicate whether a loose switch cover played a role in the incident on the Latam flight.

 

[Iowashooter]

Will they kill the pilot and flight attendant to cover up this story too?

 

[dsgrey]

Flight attendant was probably giving the pilot a lap dance and hit the switch accidentally.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

Was on a flight a few years ago, stewardess was so damned fat (thanks DEI/woke alphabet nonsense) she had to move up and down the aisle sideways, yet still managed to rub up against people in both aisle seats. Was she on this flight?

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

As I understand it, the major scheduled maintenance for the airlines is done overseas at "facilities" that have only one worker in 20 (to 50) that speak English. Which explains why some aircraft have door seals installed backwards and perhaps even cause the failure where the door blew out.

 

[Nicholst55]

As I understand it, the major scheduled maintenance for the airlines is done overseas at "facilities" that have only one worker in 20 (to 50) that speak English. Which explains why some aircraft have door seals installed backwards and perhaps even cause the failure where the door blew out.

Actually, an audit revealed that workers at the Boeing affiliate that was responsible for installation of the door plugs had workers using hotel key cards as clearance gauges for the door plugs, and were lubing the seals with Dawn dishwashing detergent - rather than following prescribed techniques in the manual. And Alaska Air was aware of faults with that door plug and had been delaying any repair so they could keep the aircraft generating revenue for them.

 

[Lead Belly]

As I understand it, the major scheduled maintenance for the airlines is done overseas at "facilities" that have only one worker in 20 (to 50) that speak English. Which explains why some aircraft have door seals installed backwards and perhaps even cause the failure where the door blew out.

My buddy retired from Lockheed and told me this story the other day- an F105 was in a remote base for service and they use these transient crews, they were called. That single-engine bird had water injection and this tired crew filled the water reservoir with JP-4 instead of water. JP-4 is half gas/half kerosene.

On takeoff, pilot hit the water injection and blew the back-half of the engine off. Procedure manual update.

 

[oldag]

My buddy retired from Lockheed and told me this story the other day- an F105 was in a remote base for service and they use these transient crews, they were called. That single-engine bird had water injection and this tired crew filled the water reservoir with JP-4 instead of water. JP-4 is half gas/half kerosene.

On takeoff, pilot hit the water injection and blew the back-half of the engine off. Procedure manual update.

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New definition of afterburner?

 

[popper]

Most aircraft failures are maintenance caused, including our Mil stuff. Better than half of crews are DEI.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

The name matches the sound it makes when the bolts pop out, "boing".

 

[seeker_two]

Maybe the plane committed suicide, too?.....

 

[zackmars]

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Have a look at a current You-Tube video regarding 'B' - It's scary a.f....glad I no longer fly to wherever as once I did...no thanks.