Eh, the roof flap would have kept it on the ground.
Claiming you know that it was a maintenance issue with no evidence one way or the other and white knighting Boeing is rather juvenile (and intellectually dishonest).
I suppose one could look up the required checks, and know who had inspected such things last. Without doing that, I'd only be 99.9% sure it was the carrier.
I’m sure people said the same thing about AS1282.
I won't disagree on Boeing's performance. I will state that it's highly unlikely that United's maintenance crew has totally ignored whatever piece departed the aircraft. Or at least, they shouldn't have.
If Boeing screwed this part up 5 years ago, United would have pretty much had to totally ignore it.
Boeing could’ve easily screwed up in ways that are not easily detectable by the United maintenance crew, e.g. sourcing poor quality metals or having internal voids.
Which is the “another question” part of my comment.
Except that applies to every OEM. Airbus actually has more issues than Boeing on average however only Boeing gets the coverage. Regardless, I would still prefer to fly in a Boeing than an Airbus or any other French built aircraft from what I've seen and experienced over the years. In this case, I seriously doubt it is a Boeing issue given the timeframe and mx requirements.
Cool story. The plane in question is a Boeing. What does Airbus have to do with it? The whataboutism and white knighting is impressive.
Where did I once blame Boeing? I said we have no evidence one way or the other at this time.
I've seen OEM parts that failed due to manufacturing defects many years after being put into service. The only way to have ever found the defect before failure would be 100% x-ray of the entire part and even then it's not a guarantee that the defects would be found. The OEM issued a blanket R&R for every one of that part number that was fabricated in a certain date window. Cost them a couple of buckets of money too.
And since it probably wasn’t part of a scheduled inspection, it was properly ignored by maintenance.
Why do you think I was referring to you, and why do you think I'm referring to blaming (only) Boeing?
So we can expect other 787s to start shedding spoilers anytime now?
Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what the evidence and investigation shows.
I remember it happened just once. The 1979 loss of AA Flight 191 is the deadliest aviation mishap in American history.
I thought the forklift method was designed by "Forklift Joe", the director of maintenance. He went on to improve some other airline's maintenance departments. Cut down the need for spare parts by shifting MELs from bird to bird. Saving time and fuel after a chip detector change by windmilling only to check for leaks.
The rupture of hydraulic lines connected to the left wing leading edge slats led to their retraction. The assymetric lift caused a 90° roll to the left and an unrecoverable situation. The aircraft hit a maintenance hanger and exploded on impact, which caused an additional two deaths added to the 271 on board.
