Boeing says some of its 737 Max planes may have defective parts

It was a bolt that wasn’t secured properly during maintenance and got forced into the fuel tank. Fuel started spilling and once the plane stopped, it came into contact with the hot engine and ignited.

I am with you on this one -- all the way!! And as I have said previously, I am not too crazy about the FAA either. Perhaps they are all in bed together??!! Probably so!

White collar criminals have no shame.

Was it negligence or a genuine mistake? Not sure outing a company and possibly ruining jobs undeservedly is a good idea at this point if the problem is being rectified. The manufacturer maybe the ones who alerted Boeing to the problem. Not trying to take sides but until media give a FULL view of the situation, it's just more sensationalism to bring in viewers.

I imagine some of what you point out, Patrick, its true. However, I have difficulty believing that a company that has enjoyed a fine reputation up until the fairly recent past, wouldn't recognize a stance such as this costing them revenue and ultimately bankruptcy.

Have worked in the manufacture and assembly of these aircraft, sometimes things got pushed through because of "scheduling, meeting targets". Another expression I heard was, you can't see it at 30,000 feet. I also agree with the above statement by Douglas.

I was one of the customer launch team members on the 777. The 777 division President then was Alan Mullally who knew and believed in the employees and customers working on the design build team. Any of us would, and did, work our best efforts because of the culture Alan created and he supported our efforts by listening and removing obstacles. How he knew darn near everyone by name was beyond me but he could walk into the production floor and talk with anyone by first name. I was lucky enough to ride on the FAA certification flight.
Boeing has great, committed employees that will sustain and see the company back to its preeminent industry role. Each of us knew our ATA areas but we also interfaced with other stakeholders as we were suppliers and customers to each other; that was the 777 philosophy. It appears the 737 MAX was built with groups in silos who only knew their direct area of responsibility as evidenced by the dependency on one AOA sensor and not fully realizing the software / firmware changes and cascade downstream impacts. I believe in Boeing and am still a stockholder. The Board of Directors now has ex UN Ambassador Nikki Haley onboard; She calls things straight out. Boeing will correct this error, survive and be even stronger than before. There may be some leadership changes but the true strength of Boeing rests with its employees.

...and if you know those people, you also know that while the issue is with the MCAS System, the plane itself is stable and a pleasant airplane to fly. MCAS is only there to make the 737 MAX fly like other 737's. Take out MCAS you have a fantastic airplane, but would require sim training - something Boeing has been trying to avoid (and still is)

Oh Boeing have done harm, just like any manufacturer can do and have done. Not so much believing it's fake news as commercially biased news.

Right here.

This is not a Max problem. They had a total hull loss because of a track problem on a 738 at ROAH back in 2007 when the damaged track puncture a fuel tank and the spillage ignited.

I'd like to think the same, but in this day and age most people have a five second memory retention.

Did you comment in the right post?

No dramas, always had faith in the past in CNN reporting but lately some of their articles are sounding iffy.

PBS is actually the best!!

Seriously? I actually think it hilarious how you are getting at "trolls" (which aren't), and you have a tremendous reputation for being the biggest troll on here.