SWA Makes emergency landing in Yuma AZ

[Lear70]

Thanks Lear. Or the tattle tail could man up and PM one of us or just air it out like Bill and I do! We have a spat a couple times a year, call each other scumbags and move on.

Right Bill?

Heh heh... actually the reporter wasn't a SWA OR a AAI pilot, just someone reporting the SLI spin the thread started to take. Not that I blame him, I'm getting tired of SLI in every single SWA or AAI thread myself, but it's on everyone's minds, so it's to be expected I guess. Such is FlightInfo life.

Either way, I just ignore it and move on. At least the thread got back on track... glad to know it's not going to be a huge ongoing fleet issue and that hopefully the -300's will be back in the air again soon. Get a good screening/checking program for the new issues in place and onward we go. :beer:

(yes, I know the beer thing drives you crazy, couldn't resist). :nuts:

 

[GuppyWN]

All -300's have been inspected and returned to service. SWA will operate a full schedule tomorrow.

Gup

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Yeah Gup ....Guilty as charged! :0

It's all entertainment....anybody taking it further needs to just relax and realize this website doesn't make your world go round as much as some would like it to!

 

[SWA/FO]

So Bill you now believe what we were saying about Boeing?

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Hey F/O,

If they only find cracks on SWA birds then no...

If they find them elsewhere, then I will let this die and quit jumping the conclusion train.

Sorry man....

 

[ASADFW7]

Hey Bill the collective ass of SWA is getting sore, you gave us herpes, and you forgot to pay the bill, what else do you have for us?

 

[ivauir]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace...racks-showed-up-much-sooner-than-anticipated/

 

[embpic1]

There is a video with the section of the plane that failed on a table. It looks like it was just cut out of the plane. Are they going to write off this airframe?

 

[DieselDragRacer]

There is a video with the section of the plane that failed on a table. It looks like it was just cut out of the plane. Are they going to write off this airframe?

After a little fiberglass cloth, fiberglass resin and some polyurethane paint it will be good as new.

 

[Lear70]

After a little fiberglass cloth, fiberglass resin and some polyurethane paint it will be good as new.

*snicker*

There is a video with the section of the plane that failed on a table. It looks like it was just cut out of the plane. Are they going to write off this airframe?

Sheet metal repair like this is done all the time. From the pictures, it was just the sheet metal that was removed. They'll put new sheet metal on at the rivet joints, seal it, repair the interior, do several pressurization cycles, inspect the rest of the airplane for stress during the rapid-D descent, and put it back into service.

Maybe 2-3 days out of service, a week tops unless they find damage in the inspection if it was stressed during the descent.