MAX in the news again, for the wrong reasons

[UP4014]

News on a MAX problem, missing bolts?

Boeing 737 Max problem: Missing, loose piece on aircraft prompts Boeing to ask airlines to inspect all 737 Max jets | CNN Business

Boeing has asked airlines to inspect all of their 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder system after an airline discovered a potential problem with a key system on two aircraft.

amp.cnn.com

 

[SCM]

Pretty staggering

“If the airplane left the factory with this missing part, it indicates the past three years of safety culture improvements and improved inspections on critical safety of flight systems at Boeing isn’t working,” Soucie said.

Well, I think that says it all. USA is incapable of producing anything nowdays, too many cultural problems - peak capitalism meets competency crisis (diversity hiring).

Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis

www.palladiummag.com

 

[Captain Halliday]

Not what I wanted to read an hour before boarding a Max!

 

[jb747]

And 737s have never had rudder issues.... (look it up).

 

[tomlee1986]

The worst is now that they lost a part of fuselage on a Max 9 mid air - those on Alaska Airlines very lucky to be alive from this decompression on a brand new 737 Max 9!