As Southwest Flight 3695 taxied down the runway in Denver for a flight to Houston on Sunday, part of an engine’s protective cover peeled back. The plane made an emergency landing after the part fell off during takeoff and struck a wing flap. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.
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Boeing statement:”this one is not our fault”!😂
Because it isn’t…
Thank God it wasn’t the engine.
That’s not white knuckle that’s I’m about to crap myself! I’ll take the train where my feet are on the ground.
How would you like to be halfway across the Pacific Ocean and see this? Shades of Amelia Earhart.
Why are so many of these happening every week?
No Surprise this also turned out to be Boeing
although this is like a maintenance issue, this is acc just terrible timing for Boeing.
There’s a gremlin talking the engine apart sir
I haven’t even started the video and I know it’s a Boeing
Those cfms weren’t meant to be on that 73 they were redesigned for it
Yeah Didn’t the CFM Leaps create , Balance issues? Didn’t older 737’s have CFM-56’s similar to the ones Camma Corp re engined for the DC-8 70 series? Closer QCM probably needed at wherever they get their MX done!
@@paulrom446 yup…737 wasn’t planned to be developed this far
@@managed9348 Now that I think of it that’s precisely the case!
But those CFM56-7 engines do very well on that airframe. They are a very reliable engine
Airlines are being forced to hire based on race and gender. Not the most qualified. I’ve been in this industry for 34 years as an aircraft mechanic and the new hires, for the most part are not the brightest bulbs in the hallway. It’s extremely frustrating for us.
Looks like MayDay may be getting some fresh shows pretty soon 😁
Boeing again 😂😂😂😂
Engine Cowling are Secondary Structure and not as critical as PSE but they did hit other parts of the Aircraft. That said I recently retired after 37 years in part because I am concerned about Maintenance being performed by new hires. These young mechanics are constantly being distracted by cell phone usage instead of concentrating on their job at hand. They don’t read the procedures to perform the task and are more concerned with creating overtime. Then jobs don’t get finished and someone else new takes over and there are more risks involved. Work ethics need to improve greatly.
Just took a flight from Houston to Seattle last night, when our plane pulling out, I looked out the window and saw the guy fueling up the next plane was on his phone.
MORE DEI!! Forget rules, forget making sure people know how to put things together, forget training…as long as we are diverse it will all make sense!!!
Comments make you realize how uneducated people are. These people vote !!
Given how in bed Boeing is with our government this really should just be a sign of things to come from both.
Funny how many years little to no problems but now biden trying to force a all EV things start to fubar
Elon belongs in jail
Southwest mechanics looking like 😅
Flights about to get cheap
I worked for the Commuter Arm of a large Major US Airline When we took MX(Mechanical) delays we had a saying that we would tell the Passengers:’It’s far better to be on the ground wishing you were up there! Than to be……..’ We never had to finish that sentence!
Time to put boings out of commission and start getting maintenance people who actually take this job serious. Airplane maintenance and working on them should be one of the jobs u take serious, u are putting lives in danger by bs’ing a job like that. This isnt racking carts at a supermarket
Never flying Boeing again.
Just another example of too much government regulations…we need to reduce the budget and cut government..I’m with those Republicans who want less government….so a few plane parts fall off…mostly not a catastrophe…buckle up snowflakes…( PS This commentary is meant as sarcasm and by no means represents the true thoughts of the writer) Are FAA inspectors part of the “Deep State”?
Can we ban all these Boeing models from operating across the world?
Sounds like sabotage… Who’s profiting from this follow the money 💸 trail…😂😂😂
This is whst happens when people are forced to work grave shift because of low seniority, some of the techs will work graves for 10 years i told them to shov it.. best decision i ever made…
It is Boeing, what do you expect
Deregulated free market capitalism run amuck.
Man…seems lately these planes are either badly built or maintenance is a deficit. What do you expect when these flying coffins are only allowed to spend so many minutes on the ground before taking off to another destination?
Why am I not surprised it’s Boeing?
I’m guessing there’s a “Scare airline passengers” TikTok challenge.
Maintenance regularly and have two party checks verify jobs done properly. So even if you missed something, then another worker should have caught it. That’s the money you got to spend.
Hey they have great planes…for real.. never had a crash landing…hey it was a cover…if it was a zombie apocalypse..they plain would have stayed flying…
If it’s Boeing I ain’t going
SOME CHINESE PART BROKE
BIDEN LOVES IT
Is that a Boeing made plane?
plane yes ENGINE NO, and also Boeing does not do maintenance on these panes, it is a Southwest issue
TYPICAL SOUTHWEST….
Why always boeing?? Its time to boycot boeing and opt for other makers.
For the record, you can choose between Boeing and Airbus in the search settings.
Poor Boeing, and so are my stocks
time to blame THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE at Southwest, not Boeing
Like a real life horror movie every day with them.
Maybe it’s one of the mechanics on his 3rd shift in 24HRS that fell asleep and forgot to secure the cowling? Yeah 3rd shift in 24HRS. Facts
There is a huge increasing of stuff falling off of airplanes. And those airplanes fly over me.
Boeing, Boeing, Boeing.
Money says that maintenance crew was incredibly “diverse.”
lol or ‘outsourced to regions unmentioned’
@@raccoon874 My bet’s on “both.”
Its like taking the cowling off a sport motorcycle and calling it a naked bike. Now you got a naked plane
Made by Boeing, obviously. That Boeing whistle-blower who was recently “suicided” would have a field day with this story, since he exposed them cutting corners on purpose.
This is what happens when you have a DEI hiring policy. You get the bottom of the barrel. Only a matter of time before hundreds die.
I would never fly SouthWest, they always have issues every other month it seems
There’s a man on the wing!–William Shatner, in the Twilight Zone.
Booking a sw flight asap …
I worked for Southwest back in the 1990’s it was a very good company back then. They let go or fired all their senior employees after the original CEO retired and then died. Now it’s a crap company all about profits and nothing more. I would ride a bus before I would fly on a Southwest plane now. They are somewhere between Spirit and Allegiant, with a touch of Grayhound bus…😂
Another Boeing
That whistle blower who was killed for bringing all this up. Its been what 4 incident now it 4 months. The next one the plane will crash.
With the “Many” airplane problems over the past year it makes driving even long distances a better choice and taking a cruise ship vacation. Shalom
What goes up must come down.The stock price goes up.The Quality comes down.
Another Boeing death trap
Keep flying those cheap s***ty airlines, have fun.
We’re paying for the DEI hires now.
The tech had to take his coffee break—he never returned to finish the job
made in the usa. 🤣
Boeing again
Boeing got some secrets. Planes falling apart and killing people.
Boeing be like:
What are the odds…a boeing 737…
The Boeing 737 is the most popular commercial airliner in history. Odds are pretty good
I’m so glad that nobody was hurt by the engine 😮
someone forgot the latches ,, someone in a ball of trouble , small job to do but big damage here , happens on Airbus as well , this has nothing to do with Boeing by the way , its a bit like blaming Mercedes for leaving the bonnet open even though the car left germany 4 years ago
So many comments here have no clue what they are talking about. I especially like the ones that think the pilot knows more about the aircraft than the guy who fixes it does. We will have to wait until the investigation is over to know the exact reason but unfortunately from past occurrences I tend to agree with you that the cowl latches were probably not latched. The other point that most people just don’t get is that, as you say, this has also happened on Airbus aircraft
@@NicholasRiviera-Dr thank you Nicholas , good comment and lets see what happens with the investigation ,, how long will that take to figure what happened , so walk arounds are important for a pilot before flight,, its the done thing providing hes looking and not just ambleing around just to streach the legs ,, the latches are normally painted with a hi vis color for night work as the torch will spot the latches down and in the open position,, providing the person with the torch is aware of what they are looking at , but no point in looking if you cant see the danger of what can happen when the craft goes down the line and onto the runway and panels start fluttering in the high winds ……………..
@@johnnoonan5802 I wonder if painting the fan cowl latches is a Company modification? I have seen them painted orange on other airlines but our CFM fan cowl latches are unpainted (B737-800). I’m not 100% certain but I think the pilot walk around are Government regulation in our Country and must be done. Seen plenty of leg stretchers during my time. I don’t think they get told a lot but to look for the obvious things such as fluid leakage etc. I had a F/O come talk to me a few weeks back. The aircraft was on the ground for an hour and a half and he had a bit of time up his sleeve. He asked if I wouldn’t mind showing him around the wheel well. We spent a good 20 minutes looking and talking. When l spoke to the Captain later as part of the departure process he seemed disappointed he wasn’t invited along
Meanwhile, the same CFM56 engine on an Airbus A320, you need to open it with a special key stored in the cockpit.
The key has a long red REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT streamer.
If the feature is not factory built, the operator can retrofit them.
The newer A320neo go a step further with a pop up mechanical flag and electronic sensors alerting the cockpit when the cowls are not latched up.
Airbus has also lost engine cowlings
If you bother to look it up
Jesus 😂
A series of of runway scares…. still can’t believe they are letting Boeing crafts fly.
Nothing for nothing but aviation safety/maintenance/oversight seems to have gone out the window.
Boeing is flying garbage !
Didn’t hit the wing flap, a-hole
Far too many of these plane incidences of late.
Not Boeing’s fault … that is an improperly closed latch on the engine cowling. Someone messed up on the ground, stop blaming Boeing for everything, even Global Warming … well … Planes do produce 3% of emissions but not what I was talking.
All these Covid mechanics I’m tell you
Quantity over quality
https://youtu.be/BvyHEijg59A?si=enXX_YJUMFb0vKzS
Bruh I’m never flying
You’re free to move about the country…….. or not…..
You know the updated slogan “if it’s Boeing I ain’t going”
“RARELY CATASTROPHIC”. There’s no way you can escape when that rare moment happens to you.
Cough Chinese Build!
The last thing I want to see looking out of the window is the wing detaching!
Along with the ground spinning rapidly towards me.
That would be a bummer.
If its Boeing I aint going
FAA is basically Boeing…
This can’t be true…….😮boeing againnnnn😮
😵💫
It’s a Boeing, why would anyone be surprised nowadays. Next week it’ll be another one and so on.
It supposed to build for last
How long these ”incidents’ will carry on, before the FAA makes some drastic decision to ground ALL these rubbish planes once forever.
Did not take long for the anti Boeing comments to build up
I wonder how many of those who posted know the engines are not made by Boeing
This is a natural outcome when you discriminate high standard/discipline East Asian laborers and favor south Asians, blacks and Latino workers. You get what you pay for. There are reasons why semiconductor and high precision manufacturing are booming in east Asia.
If it is Boeing, I am NOT GOING
Turns out it’s more profitable to just have unsafe planes that break.
Another Boeing??
i would be freaking tf out.. land this plane now!
Folks we have to get together! Before there’s big accident.. let’s get it together
From what I heard is, “Now that we got Job diversity/affirmative-action, there will be more accidents. Nothing works on merit any-longer. I think I will not fly for a while until they have this Woke crap figured-out!