[kellyhound]

An engine hood fell off a Boeing plane and hit the plane's wing flap during takeoff in Denver, USA

The photographs show the cladding falling off under the pressure of the wind. The plane was supposed to fly to Houston, but had to make an emergency landing 25 minutes after takeoff.

According to Reuters, there were 135 passengers and 6 crew members on board. As a result of the incident, no one was injured.

[ride]

After all these "Boeing Aircraft Problems", it is probably time to look at some of these mishaps not as "Boeing", but "Maintenance" or "Flight Operations" issues as well. It is easy to jump on the media hype bandwagon and blame Boeing Aircraft design as the root of the problem, yet some of these issues simply stem from lack of/shoddy maintenance practices, supervisory/QA inspections not being done (we called them "Pencil Whipped" in the Air Force), or a switch being "inadvertently actuated by a flight attendant", which is a flight operations issue, if that is indeed what happened in one instance.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

The veteran mechanics and maintenance people are retiring and being backfilled with uneducated and incompetent DEI losers... and it's not just in the air travel business.

[Roosta]

It all comes down to money & the old "Necessary Cutbacks" of qualified staff & infrastructure to properly maintain these birds & this has been happening for decades, slowly declining in QA resulting in all these incidents.
Probably another factor is the parts that they source, either from China or sub standard variants that are just passable under required manufacturing standards.
They certainly don't make stuff like they use to as it a disposable society that we are now living in.
Won't be long till we see a major incident unless they lift their game.

[KillingJoke]

The nacelle (covering) coming off is something of a non-issue. It points to a maintenance failure, not a design failure.

The covering is there to reduce drag and shield the engine from the elements.

In a world where everyone is carrying a video camera, we're more likely to see these kinds of issues.

Pretty sure Airbus is eagerly pushing these up in the various social media algorithms. LOL.

[akham]

Originally Posted by KillingJoke ↗

The nacelle (covering) coming off is something of a non-issue. It points to a maintenance failure, not a design failure.

Yes, although you can't blame the passengers for thinking it's "an issue".

[durt]

Fucking Fan Cowls
Ok, who checked the latches??

[William May]

Originally Posted by durt ↗

Fucking Fan Cowls
Ok, who checked the latches??

durt, you hit the nail right on the thumb. Once the cowls are closed, they nest in, and you cannot tell if they are latched or not, unless you slide under the engine to check them. The probably did an "A" check the previous night, dropped the cowls down, but someone failed to latch them. This has happened several times before. Not a Boeing design issue. Just a "guy forgot to check the latches on the cowl" issue. If they are unlatched, there is a red section of latch that sticks down, but again, you have to look underneath to actually see it.

[durt]

''unless you slide under the engine to check them''

[akham]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

durt, you hit the nail right on the thumb. Once the cowls are closed, they nest in, and you cannot tell if they are latched or not, unless you slide under the engine to check them. The probably did an "A" check the previous night, dropped the cowls down, but someone failed to latch them. This has happened several times before. Not a Boeing design issue. Just a "guy forgot to check the latches on the cowl" issue. If they are unlatched, there is a red section of latch that sticks down, but again, you have to look underneath to actually see it.

So what you are saying is that some guy forgot to put the latches far enough into the A-hole?