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Title: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: XOrionFE on April 02, 2011, 04:38:22 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/02/arizona.flight.diverted/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/02/arizona.flight.diverted/index.html)

And I just flew back from California to Chicago on one of their planes Tuesday night :-o

Scott

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: ivar hestnes on April 02, 2011, 09:30:11 AM

Doesnt Southwest have these "internet boxes" attached to the top of the roof?
They look bulky, and would cause some serious drag up there I guess. Maybe a fatigue accelerator for rivets in that area...

Must be pretty scary to suddenly see the blue sky while enjoying the meal. Very good that they landed safely.

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: matta757 on April 02, 2011, 11:51:40 AM

Quote from: ivar hestnes on April 02, 2011, 09:30:11 AMMust be pretty scary to suddenly see the blue sky while enjoying the meal.

The comment about enjoying a meal made me laugh... first off, Southwest is a no frills airline, but even more hilariously is that few if none of the US carriers actually serve meals anymore. We're all about minimizing cost, even if it means crappy service!

Matt

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: MLeavy737 on April 02, 2011, 08:49:46 PM

Probably has something to do with their 40kt taxi speeds! Was taxing out of KFLL today and a Southwest 737 on the taxiway next to us passed us and cut in front of us in the runup pad to beat us out. Cant imagine what goes on in the air.

Mike Leavy

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: ivar hestnes on April 02, 2011, 09:08:24 PM

Maybe that is why they have cancelled food on their flights. To prevent the pax from throwing up...
;)

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: ian@737ng.co.uk on April 03, 2011, 03:04:40 AM

cutting costs means older aircraft.
us airways have found while doing maintenance on 737's that cracks have started appearing in windows. more info here http://www.737ng.co.uk/crackinwindow.jpg (http://www.737ng.co.uk/crackinwindow.jpg) ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Southwest flight diverts after rupturing and depressurizing in flight
Post by: ivar hestnes on April 03, 2011, 03:39:23 AM

hahahaah, brilliant.
Must be one of the worst aviation cracks ever. I have seen better ones for sure :P

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