A scare aboard Southwest Airlines flight

[@mightysprocket]

This is NOT a Boeing issue. This is the result of the maintenance staff not properly securing engine cowl latches. Please don't lose sight of the fact that this aircraft landed safely.

[@kevint1911]

I was thinking the same thing. Many of these recent issues have been maintenance issues and not manufacturing defects.

[@heidi9547]

Fuselage is not a maintenance issue. But good try, trying to blame hardworking airline maintenance workers.

[@EricLing64]

I think it depends if Boeing is in any way in charge of maintenance, but yeah overall planes are engineered to be quite redundantly safe, we saw with the Hudson River landing even with no engines at all they can be glided down and take quite an impact without breaking, just obviously not ideal or anything. Even the door plug flying out didn't kill anyone, though that was slightly by luck, no idea what would have happened if someone was in the seats right by it.

[@Battleneter]

I dunno this looks like an above average result for a Boeing flight :P

[@martingonzalez9399]

Exactly ! The engine cowls were not properly latched. Engine fan cowlings do not just detach themselves from the engine.

[@bitteroldhousecat9304]

If it's Boeing, I ain't goin'

[@davidwild102]

Boeing? Burro da merda os motores não são boeing !! problemas de manutenção dão nestas merdas !!

[@zellias]

@@_rob_. it rhymes better that way though

[@alexrebmann1253]

This same engine is probably used in an Airbus. You don't know crap about planes.

[@_rob_.]

@@alexrebmann1253 When you're positive it is, get back with us aye? Till then, stfu.

[@PssyPop]

IKEA Engine

[@brianbeck32]

0:17 This is a clip of the LANDING. The cowling opened at take off but nothing tore off until the plane landed.

[@AgentZero777]

Thanks for clarifying. I thought it happened at takeoff

[@justing42]

That’s because when they landed the thrust reversers were activated and blew them off

[@driftyv]

they should add a filter to websites to not fly boeing and fly anything instead

[@death2pc]

You're so right as always. It was obviously not the failure of ground - maintenance personnel.

[@AviationEli]

This is incompetence on behalf of the maintenance team. If a Lamborghini dealership sold a Lamborghini Aventador to a rich individual and that new owner forgot to close the front trunk of the vehicle, causing it to launch up from air pressure at high speeds and therefore resulting in a crash from cutting the driver's visibility, you surely wouldn't blame Lamborghini for the incident. The driver and owner of the vehicle were heavily responsible for his incompetence in care.

[@arnievermeer8003]

R.I.P TAKEOFF

[@roberttrevino9129]

😂😂😂

[@evansoul9248]

Wow people are really hating on Boeing even if its not their fault

[@justing42]

Because they don’t have a clue

[@pomerau]

That footage was after the plane touched down. Footage from the same source during flight was available. The sections of cicrcular cowling remained intact but curled back against the wing during flight, following a loud bang or loud noise heard by the crew. Thankfully no wing surface damage affecting control.

[@timkono5645]

Somebody forgot to latch the fan cowls..................... You can see at 0:32 that all 3 catches are still intact.... This isn't simply a Boeing or Airbus problem as it happens on all aircraft due to maintenance simply not catching that the latches are disengaged during walkaround. This has been happening as long as we have had high bypass turbofan engines.... On this aircraft (737 Next Gen), the fan cowls are asymmetric (one side is longer than another) so gravity should be pulling down the heavier fan cowl and should be clear to the person doing the inspection...

[@o_o8203]

I know and I don't care. I wouldn't risk my life on a Boeing plane, flying is risky enough even on good planes. Unfortunate timing on this for Boeing 🤣

[@AviationEli]

​@@o_o8203I love Boeing aircraft despite the controversy the general public has aroused. They've had a long history of aviation accomplishments and were certainly very important to the fate of our war efforts. From my analysis, I have noticed incompetence emerging as a direct result from the Boeing McDonnell Douglas merge. I would like to belive the defects from Boeing is a meer result from the changes imposed upon Douglas aerospace.

[@justing42]

They are not cleary visible

[@JayJayAviation]

@@o_o8203”I don’t care about the facts, I will continue to be ignorant about this” Sounds about right?

[@timkono5645]

@@o_o8203Soo if this happens on an airbus or embraer (similar design) you’ll stop flying those makes too?

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

What the hell is going on in commercial aviation?

[@chrislapp9468]

Sabotage.

[@johnberger5539]

@ribtips305 Or we could turn over the airlines to da Gub'mint guaranteeing a 100% failure rate.

[@AviationEli]

Too much wrong. I hope commercial travel becomes less prone to safety endangerment when I start to move into that career field someday.

[@JayJayAviation]

More reporting

[@riding4beers889]

@ribtips305 you sound like a commie

[@spacecatboy2962]

Turns out the 2 lap babies were emotional support iguanas

[@brookst9384]

Lol

[@msomething3579]

One of my favorite flying experiences happened as I was leaving Reno. Our jet departed the gate fifty minutes late and was finally in take off position, engines rev up and we start moving, then it shuts down and pilot came on saying we would be delayed and were waiting for a tow to take us back to the gate. Woman next to me was furious, talking about she the worst of luck and now the damned plane is going to make her even later. I looked at her and said "Lady, this is the luckiest day of your life, the plane broke down while we still on the ground", somehow the idiot didn't understand.

[@Vic01_78]

Any flight with southwest is a scare.

[@KermitdaToad]

Why is this comment so funny to me 😂😂😂

[@_rob_.]

​@@KermitdaToad You're amused easily, like me?????

[@AviationEli]

That's arguable. Maybe for anxious flyers but I wouldn't say for normal travelers. Southwest, by records, have been quite safe.

[@Flaming-Sword-FS]

They have a fleet of like 1000 and still no fatal crash

[@AviationEli]

@R4LIFE_018 Thank you. I'm happy to hear from an educated aviation enthusiast. (Nice Ardvark, by the way)

[@itsjustmet1743]

Most of these things are mechanical and maintenance issues you should be blaming on the airlines. These things should scare you- in the fact that THE AIRLINES ARE NOT DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE on MAINTENANCE and MECHANICAL UPKEEP and checks!

[@phalang69]

Educate yourself first before you bashing Boeing.

[@joemoore4027]

Yep, some dumb a.. forgot to latch the engine cowling's down correctly. Don't pilots still do "walk arounds " before entering the plane anymore ? They would have seen the latches not closed properly if they did.

[@JK-br1mu]

pilots walking around a 747.....might need stilts to see everything

[@justing42]

That would have to bend over to see the latches…requires effort

[@reggie2261]

Boeing Boeing Boeing blah blah ,blame maintenance overload/overwork and mass retirement and layoffs of experience maintainers due to Covid. Recent data indicates a widening gap between the number of retiring aircraft mechanics and those entering the field

[@justing42]

EXACTLY

[@matthewratliff9519]

I don't know why but whenever I'm looking out a window of a moving transport, I get the feeling that everything I see outside is not real.

[@heidi9547]

Dont fly BOEING

[@pepperpower1652]

Hologram / tomorrow with/ glasses

[@FastGuy1]

Always fly Airbus/Embraer 😊

[@BuIIet]

I hope this catches on so that Boeing tickets become cheaper for the rest of us who understand statistics

[@davidwild102]

Boeing? engine problem ? americanos os mais burros do planeta só prova o que os europeus já sabiam !!

[@bonemarrow43]

When I look out the window, the wings are sometimes flapping (I hope that is normal)

[@aviaaviation5004]

Why are there so many plane incidents recently?

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

There always have been. The news is just going crazy over all the little harmless minor aircraft incidents lately after that Alaska plane lost its door plug early in the year. I notice they’re also seeming to focus on Boeing aircraft, basically blaming everything on Boeing even when it’s obviously an issue with maintenance or pilot error. This is really a dark age for the industry because with the news going crazy over unimportant incidents, more people will fear flying even though it’s the one of the safest and often the quickest way to get places. Very much reminds me of what my parents remember of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and lack of trust in the industry following the crashes in it’s day.

[@JayJayAviation]

There isn’t an increase of incidents, only reportint

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

These mishaps on Boeing airplanes are like skits on "The Carol Burnett Show".

[@davidwild102]

outro burro !!

[@SomeOne-mp6ym]

When the engine cowling departs the aircraft...

[@tlpricescope7772]

If it’s Boeing or Southwest, I ain’t going.

[@AviationEli]

Southwest is a pretty good carrier. Since the start of their airline, there have been no deaths as a result of crashes. Four deaths have been documented, which have been due to issues such as health problems. This airline is one of the few who have never actually had a large quantity of crashes as well as any crash-related deaths. An engine cowling cover breaking loose shouldn't deter one from flying on Southwest. The pilots followed appropriate procedures and got every soul to the ground safely. I think it would be more reasonable to look into something like Air France or American airlines who have had a great quantity of fatal crashes. At this point in time, United Airlines (once Continental) has been having a myriad quantity of mechanical incidents these past weeks. From my analysis, it has been upwards to 14 incidents so far. Hydraulic defects, gear failure, windshields cracking, gear collapses, and break failure, plumbing defects, panels blown off. That's a problem. When an airline isn't fixing their aircraft to legal and appropriate safety standards despite consistent incidents, that's unsafe. I expect Southwest to fix this issue, and we will see.

[@AviationEli]

I would also like to mention that this is not an issue on behalf of Boeing. The maintenance teams at Southwest and/or the airport failed to secure the cowling cover properly, hence resulting in the forces of the wind catching inward of the unlatched material and forcing it off (of course after initial departure)

[@justing42]

It isn’t a cowling cover …it IS the cowling…fan cowl, or just cowl is what we call it

[@AviationEli]

@@justing42 You're right. I'm loosing it, haha.

[@AviationEli]

Shows you where my brain is at...

[@Tacoma-W]

Boeing is getting a lot of free publicity now a days. Looks like McDonnell days are back

[@davidwild102]

um burro do Karaho que não sabe a diferença de uma aeronave para um motor !!

[@reginaldbrown-taylor1202]

Even terrorists would be scared to highjack Boeing planes!

[@NotAJosh]

Everyone freaks out but doesn’t compliment the caption and first officer in the fact they got them to the ground safe…

[@Maximca-u2t]

More and more planes are having issues like loose bolts , smoke from parts of the plane , emergency door issues , Pieces falling off , body of the plan tares off , what’s next

[@justing42]

This happens and has been happening every day for decades.

[@JayJayAviation]

You say that like these things have never happened before this year

[@jimprior5700]

At this point it"s not a Boeing problem

[@smc1377]

Nothing cool like this ever happens on my flights.

[@DequoanMartin]

I’m not flying anymore

[@conversationswithme8601]

See you guys in Miami!

[@fredharvey2720]

Come on guys. This looks like something from the mechanics not securing cowling

[@benyomovod6904]

Southwest shall give the mechanics more than 5 minutes of training

[@justing42]

Spending more than five minutes covering how to latch a cowl means they need to find another job

[@Nikitateagurl_77]

This is why my family decided to buy a private jet

[@SlimMichaelSpaghetti]

Please make sure it's a Boeing

[@BuIIet]

same

[@CarolRogers50]

Not good 😱😣

[@jameson6537]

Anyone else find it curious how they didn’t mention Boeing once during this news coverage considering southwest uses them exclusively.

[@shannonrusso3853]

1:38

[@AviationEli]

I fo not find it curious considering they did mention Boeing.

[@justing42]

Has nothing to do with Boeing…it has everything to do with the fact someone (a union slug ) didn’t do their job and latch the cowls right.

[@JayJayAviation]

For a large media organization, I am indeed surprised they didn’t take the opportunity to somehow connect this incident back to the Alaska door incident just to bash Boeing for something that isn’t their fault or responsibility

[@goofball2015]

IS HISTORY REPEATING??

[@js6728]

its okay, its just the entire engine housing this time...

[@justing42]

It’s a cowl. Like the hood of your car.

[@benyomovod6904]

Even hijackers deny to board a Boeing

[@JayJayAviation]

This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine.

[@artenman]

Dang I want to fly southwest less and less

[@Lyfeel]

Boeing cannot catch a break eh.

[@geraldmiller5260]

It will be crowded in Little Rock.

[@jimmylieb5225]

here we go again. 😵‍💫😳

[@JamesBond0-0-7]

Why would you travel to see an eclipse, lady needs a life outside her cats I guess

[@Denka_]

im never flying again lmao

[@JayJayAviation]

But you drive?

[@Denka_]

@@JayJayAviation No lmao

[@JayJayAviation]

@@Denka_ how do you get around? Trains and bikes?

[@Denka_]

@@JayJayAviation I haven't left the house in 4 years lmao

[@almaijoluo]

Can fly with one engine 🎉

[@justing42]

Actually yes it can

[@michaelciccone2194]

Irrelevant USA informercial before this video

[@TrestanSKYWALKR]

I hope it wasn’t a Boeing plane

[@justing42]

Southwest only flys 737’s

[@stopspewinshit7878]

poor MX NOT BOEING!

[@aerohk]

Sad that American aircraft manufacturing can no longer be trusted. Airbus deserves to be the king.

[@AviationEli]

I still love Boeings aircraft despite the controversy aroused. Their history and accomplishment are pretty awesome. These issues resulted from the McDonell Douglas merge.

[@AviationEli]

I'm certainly disappointed with the way they treated that ex Boeing higher up though. Killing that man secretly was an awful thing to do. Shows us how careless they have become.

[@ljthirtyfiver]

This has nothing to do with Boeing.

[@jimmylieb5225]

if it's Boeing, I'm not going.

[@heidi9547]

It's a BOEING Outsourcing Issue. The contractors Boeing works with, absolutely makes it everything to do with BOEING - It's their (Greedy Shareholders) Choice.

[@ljthirtyfiver]

@@heidi9547 this is southwest maintenance issues.

[@ljthirtyfiver]

@@jimmylieb5225 then don’t go .

[@mightysprocket]

@@heidi9547​​⁠this is a SWA maintenance issue. Blaming Boeing is like blaming Ford for your bad brakes, but your F150 is 10 years old and your brother in law changed them in his driveway using cheap parts ordered from ebay.

[@DryGoodsBand]

Fun! Good job pilots!

[@lesliecurtis89898]

Scarey it's why I won't fly.

[@JayJayAviation]

But you drive?

[@Holyorderofkeith_053]

CALL THE FAA GET THEM INVOLVED

[@_rob_.]

Oh, but you ARE such genius!

[@OMaMaRMY]

CALL JOE FREAKING BIDEN

[@Holyorderofkeith_053]

@@OMaMaRMY no joe biden is the president that isn't his job his job is to make sure that ww3 doesn't happen ever the FAA is the one u call in this situation

[@Holyorderofkeith_053]

@OMaMaRMY no joe is just the president his only job is to always prevent ww3 the FAA is who you call bc biden is only the president which keeps ww3 a work of fiction that's his only job

[@_rob_.]

@@OMaMaRMY Pete Buttigieg is the go-to guy. Or as they say in Washington's closed door, hush hush, logistical political meetings.... the scape goat.

[@Cloudstrike_]

Lap babies?

[@judsonmeraw6294]

Flying is safer even with global warming.

[@mizum3458]

Yeah... Like a private jet 😂

[@justing42]

Global warming….PFFFFFFFFT

[@scottprather5645]

Bloweing 😮 This keeps happening they're going to have to change their name.

[@Stacey-ul3oe]

😱😱😱

[@iLLSinceProductions]

The pee i would have peed 😳😳😳

[@ciarankearney4808]

Cowling latches are subject to an independent inspection by two different certifying AMTs. Be interesting to see if its recorded in the tech log.

[@justing42]

No it is not…you know ZERO. If I were to go out and change the starter I would do the work PER the maintenance manual. In the manual for changing the starter, there is all sorts of things listed (instructions) to do the job…including opening closing the cowls. There is NO write up for opening the cowlings, and there IS NOT a requirement for a second set of eyes. I would sign it off as removed and replaced #2 engine starter per 737 MM 80-11, ops:leak check good. DONE. (After I get a guy to clear me on the engine and we run it first to test it) other than the other guy, for the ops check, ONE mechanic can and does do that job. It’s very easy to spot people that have no idea what they are talking about hint hint. This is how MY airline does it, and every one I have worked at does it the same way.

[@ciarankearney4808]

@@justing42 it doesn't state it in the manual but if you look in the Company MMOE under QUALITY it should state that due the chances of cowling incidents and independent inspection of cowling latches should be carried out and documented. If it is not a requirement in America it explains why this happens a good bit. Been a few examples over the past few years. Any company in Europe I have worked for has it in the quality procedures on several aircraft types where the latches are not easily seen. The maintenance manual tells you how to do the job. Company procedures prevent human error by adding mandatory extra steps in maintenance which prevent mistakes. If you look at flight controls the manual doesn't say to do an independent inspection but you know well one has to be done.

[@heidi9547]

Its a BOEING Outsourcing Issue.

[@_rob_.]

Stupid statement.

[@jimmylieb5225]

she could have ended up being sucked out of the plane like that poor woman was a few yrs ago. ALSO on a SW airlines flight!!

[@ZZ_Tops_007]

This is the end result for defective parts

[@ZZ_Tops_007]

@@_rob_. Because of DEREGULATIONS

[@ZZ_Tops_007]

@@_rob_. Whatever man I stand for what I say

[@justing42]

No, it’s the result of a union clown that didn’t his job and latch the cowls

[@MeoMiyo]

The big disaster is coming soon.

[@SabrinaAlleyne]

If it's Boeing,I ain't going.

[@justing42]

Yawn

[@JayJayAviation]

This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine.

[@pepperpower1652]

H.o.l.o.g.r.a.m./// with// glasses!!!

[@moshfreak900]

Let wing dei at its finest

[@JayJayAviation]

This was the right wing

[@karlmckinnell2635]

🤔Boeing 🤦🏽 you can’t make this sh*t up

[@JayJayAviation]

Actually you can. And the media literally is. This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine. But who does the media blame?

[@aimeekreutzer-malkawi]

Well another Boeing 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JayJayAviation]

This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine.

[@JTLDISPATCHER-jo9nl]

think on the bright side...at least DEi was implemented...and passengers don't feel so racist!

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

So do you want every company to have a strict "if you're not a white heterosexual man, don't even think about applying here" policy?? Do you want the USA to expel anyone who's not a white heterosexual man??

[@_rob_.]

So, quick question. Are they hiring illegal immigrants for maintenance now? *****EDIT***** I'm having a blast with the comments section.

[@olleydrum9016]

Quick question, did you ever pass hs? Or are you a trumpturd

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

Where do you get this delusion that it would solve every problem if every company adopted a strict "if you're not a white heterosexual man, don't you dare even think about applying here" policy and/or the USA expelled minorities from the country pronto?

[@jimschnase]

Boeing has lost their way.

[@JayJayAviation]

This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine.

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Diversity, gooder and gooder every day.🤭

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

So what do you want? Every business to say "if you're not a white heterosexual man, don't you dare even think about applying here" rule?? The USA to expel minorities pronto??

[@Firstname-vv5cs]

Like I been saying-every week there’s a plane malfunction. Safer to drive

[@OGLizardKing]

DEI strikes again. Fools can't even fasten engine covers properly. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

(Sarcastically) So every business needs to adopt a "white heterosexual male only" policy and/or the USA needs to expel minorities pronto. Right?

[@justing42]

Try union clowns…can’t be fired, lazy, and know it

[@ehhwhatev3903]

Yet another Boeing plane!

[@JayJayAviation]

This was a nearly 10 year old plane, whose engines are not made by Boeing. This was almost certainly a case of a maintenance crew not properly latching the cowling after maintenance on the engine.

[@morethanahuman6112]

DEI in full effect 🙄. Thanks America 🇺🇸