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Accident: Southwest B737 at Baltimore on Aug 4th 2016, nose gear collapse during push back
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration N368SW performing flight WN-149 from Baltimore,MD to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 126 passengers and 5 crew, was being pushed back when the nose gear collapsed. (avherald.com) Plus d'info...
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**GUESS IT HAS TO DO WITH "THE NUMBERS". You know, how long it takes for a TURN-A-ROUND. If SW spends more than 35 min on the ground, (and LITTLE or NO PROPER MAINTENANCE), than that's $$$$ WASTED. EVIDENT of LAST WEEKS COMPUTER PROBLEM. If you WANT TO GROW, with new routes; IE, INTERNATIONAL, MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, the ISLANDS and EVEN CUBA, than PROPER PREPARING IS VERY MUCH IMPORTANCE, maintenance, reservations systems, proper training in doing passport control and such. (wonder if any of their planes are re-furb's from MUSE, or even ALLEGHENY, PIEDMONT, and the list goes on. YEH, they may be updating their planes, but takes time and $$$$ for all that, seems like its PROFIT and more PROFIT, until something like those mention take place. CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE the FINAL REPOORT!! thanks
**MAINTENANCE or NOT** THIS IS A "300" SERIES, lots of UPS and DOWNS,WONDER HOW OLD IS THIS PLANE!! Plane probably SHOULD HAVE BEEN "RETIRED" long ago, it may have OUTLIVED its lifespan, if it didn't get PROPER MAINTENANCE...."MOVE EM IN, MOVE EM OUT". SEEMS LIKE REVENUE is GREATER (MUCH) THAN SAFETY, here!
They are in the middle of parking them now and replacing them with Next Gens... LOL.. These place are very old. They were old when I was working on them 5 years ago.
Why am I not surprised.... Confident this is a maintenance issue.
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Well..folks...there it is..sadly..looks like this site has been taken over by the "flyers" and "aviation enthusiasts"......and is thus becoming pretty much useless to people actually involved in aviation ops.. damn shame. Wish there was a way to encourage the "Sparkie" types to go into general chat rooms on the Internet.