Boeing plane makes emergency landing at LAX — again — after tire trouble

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/03/14/boeing-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-lax-again-after-tire-trouble.html

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[Akimbo_NOT]

[DasKleineTeilchen]

@Carla_Sinclair

Riding on Boeing planes — which are falling apart at the seams — gives “adventure travel” a whole new meaning.

nothing surprises me anymore;

Another Boeing disaster as plane nosedives, causing 50 injuries — 30 who are tossed up to roof

A photo has emerged of the LATAM Boeing 787’s wing… …maintenance issues? No, apparently just “speed tape”. Still, doesn’t look very pretty. [image] Aviation experts have previously said the that while it may look like duct tape, the material used on aircraft wings is actually an aluminium-based material known in the aviation world as speed tape, which is safe for certain types of repairs.

[KowboyBob]

@Carla_Sinclair

Last night pilots on an American Airlines Boeing 777 plane thought it “blew a tire during take off” after leaving Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and was forced to make an emergency landing at LAX in Los Angeles.

I know it’s popular right now to pile onto Boeing’s problems but honestly, a low tire pressure warning indicator on take-off is not a story. Nor was continuing the regularly scheduled flight from DFW to LAX an “emergency landing”.

Can we get some perspective here please?

[docosc]

I hope they understand that “our emergency indicators don’t work” is not really a reassuring statement.

[euansmith]

If Boeing totally coated the plane with gaffer tape, it would probably make the aircraft safer; though, only if they taped over the all the doors and didn’t let anyone aboard.

[Shuck]

To be fair, I can’t see how tire trouble is anything but a maintenance issue. And presumably a pretty routine one - there are redundant tires for a reason.

[DasKleineTeilchen]

@Shuck

To be fair, I can’t see how tire trouble is anything but a maintenance issue

but thats the thing; the tire was ok, but the sensor gave false data.

@Carla_Sinclair

However, American Airlines said Thursday morning there was no blown tire, and the pilot had received an indication that the pressure was low in one of the aircraft’s tires.

[Carbonman]

This comes a week after the tire of another Boeing plane, this time with United Airline, flew off right after take-off, prompting that flight to also make an emergency landing in Los Angeles.

The tire didn’t fly off - the entire wheel fell off the axle it was attached to. A tire is dangerous enough but the wheel adds rigidity and mass to the unguided missile.

[Shuck]

@DasKleineTeilchen

the sensor gave false data.

Did it, though? What I’m reading is that the pilot initially interpreted a low pressure indicator to mean that the tire had blown, presumably because blown tires are a common occurrence, but that turned out to not be true. The tire reportedly was, however, flat. So the sensor… wasn’t wrong? That still leaves open the question of whether the pilot was wrong in their interpretation of what the sensor was indicating, I suppose. Or that this was not actually a story at all, except that an “emergency landing” was made out of an abundance of caution, and it just happened to be a Boeing.

[NukeML]

Thats a poor quality tape job. Lots of wrinkles and bubbles, and places with less than 60% overlap. I’d do a much better tape job

[MikeR]

United is responsible for maintaining their aircraft. This isn’t a Boeing issue - the record of the 777 is exemplary.

[airshowfan]

I generally have a lot of trust and respect for BoingBoing, but when I see that a photo of an Airbus was chosen for an article about Boeing, some of that trust and respect is lost. And the article is supposed to be criticizing a company for their poor quality control?

[NukeML]

Yes an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 777 dont look much alike. Derp.