SWA Makes emergency landing in Yuma AZ

[Beetle007]

I have heard rumors that Southwest has started having a lot of its maintenance done in Central America...is this true?

I want to see Southwest be successful, but not at the expense of maintenance costs or American jobs. I see this more as an industry problem than an airline problem. I would like to see the FAA require that all U.S. Certificated Airlines conduct mainenance at a U.S. repair facility. As soon as one airline starts having foreign repairs at minimal costs, good airlines like Southwest are forced to do the same to remain cost competitive.

 

[airplane wizard]

I have heard rumors that Southwest has started having a lot of its maintenance done in Central America...is this true?

I want to see Southwest be successful, but not at the expense of maintenance costs or American jobs. I see this more as an industry problem than an airline problem. I would like to see the FAA require that all U.S. Certificated Airlines conduct mainenance at a U.S. repair facility. As soon as one airline starts having foreign repairs at minimal costs, good airlines like Southwest are forced to do the same to remain cost competitive.

Yes it's true. As does JetBlue, Airtran, Delta, United, UsAirways etc..etc... Nice to know people who are used to working on mud huts are now "aircraft mechanics" But hey, at least we have low air fares and well paid CEO's.

 

[Tripower455]

SWA airplanes have lot's of sheetmetal repairs, and most of the repairs are very poorly done. Boeing problem? They didn't build like that and they wouldn't repair them that way either. No one reputable would....

Well, this one was never "repaired" by SW. It was as it came from the factory.

Thanks for playing!

 

[bizjet800]

Why did they divert to Yuma? Seems out of the way.

 

[GuppyWN]

Why did they divert to Yuma? Seems out of the way.

Not at all. It just south of the required route and was the closest suitable airport.

Gup

 

[ArcadiaMaxima]

NORTH AMERICA
AirlineMillion
FlightsFatal
EventsAdj. Fatal
EventsLast
Fatal
AccidentAbove / Below Average
Accident

Rate Air Canada

4. 90​

0
0
(1983)​

+150%​

AirTran Airways(ValuJet)

2.35​

1​

1.00​

1996​

-28%​

Alaska Airines/ Horizon

6.43​

1​

1.00​

2000​

+97%​

American Airlines

20.33​

6​

4.04​

2001​

+219%​

American Eagle / Executive

13.31

4
3.72
1994
+36%​

Comair

5.69​

3​

3.00​

2006​

-126%​

Continental AL/Cont. Exp.

14.80​

4​

2.34​

2009​

+219%​

Delta Airlines

19.93​

3​

0.94​

1996​

+517%​

Hawaiian Airlines

1.66​

0​

0​

None​

+51%​

JetBlue

1.37​

0​

0​

None​

+42%​

Midwest Express Airlines

0.82​

1​

1.00​

1985​

-75%​

Southwest Airlines

18.78​

0​

0​

None​

+575%​

United Airlines

16.47​

6​

3.42​

2001​

+162%​

United Express

12.57​

3​

2.67​

1996​

+118%​

US Airways

15.58​

5​

2.52​

1994​

+225%​

USAir Shuttle

0.90​

0​

0​

None​

+28%​

WestJet

1.15​

0​

0​

None​

+35%

Sorry it did not post well....here is the site http://www.planecrashinfo.com/rates.htm​

 

[Beetle007]

Well, this one was never "repaired" by SW. It was as it came from the factory.

Thanks for playing!

So was a different crack repaired on the airplane or the same crack that came apart? Or, are you saying the news is wrong that this airplane was previously repaired for a crack.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8050448

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

"It's a Boeing Problem...." That's rich!

OBTW, the Jackhole above who posted Accident data? Could you research and find me how many times an explosive hole has appeared in a Delta 737? We have been flying them before you Herb Turds were a Wild Turkey stain on his business plan bar napkin.....

What's that? Never? Thought so.....

 

[luckytohaveajob]

Blame shifting is how SWA runs. SWA is an airline invented, run by, and operated by lawyers.

SWA never takes responsibility. Ask a SWAPA pilot about age 65 and they will tell you age 65 is ALPA's fault. Now every major SWA MX problem is Boeing's.

 

[luckytohaveajob]

Roofs flying off 37's is a SWA problem.

 

[GuppyWN]

aww Gup.....you had to go there. I was responding to some FI monkey saying it's a Boeing problem.

Read my first post on page one....find me a potshot? You know I don't stoop that low....it could happen to anybody.....

What were you saying Bill?

Gup

 

[redflyer65]

Appearantly guys, it is a Boeing problem.

These particular planes were built differently than the rest.....sorry to burst your Anti-Southwest bubble!

 

[saabcaptain]

The FAA, airlines, and pilots need to step up their game when operating these Boeing aircraft. I only mentioned pilots because it was the Aloha first officer who missed the crack on their 737 when even a passenger noticed it during boarding and resulted in the death of a flight attendant.

Classy. The preflight of the Aloha airplane was IN DARKNESS and the crack was in the upper surface of the fuselage. The NTSB/FAA stated it was not reasonable to expect an exterior preflight would find it and they could never verify a passenger's comment after the accident that they saw a crack, for all they know it was bird doo-doo and they are making it what they want to believe it was. Way to slander a crew that flew an airplane to a safe landing with half the roof gone.

 

[J.Otto]

Roofs flying off 37's is a SWA problem.

thats what you get for outsourcing your heavy mx to 3rd world countries.

 

[SWA/FO]

• • Inspections of the remaining aircraft in the sub-fleet (79 total) will continue for the next few days at six different locations. As inspections are completed with no findings, those aircraft will continue to be put back into service.

  • • The 79 aircraft designated for the additional inspections were designed differently in the manufacturing process.

Looks like a Boeing problem to me! a/0:nuts: