Alaska Airlines Boeing 737's inner windshield
CRACKS while landing at Portland International
Airport - following a litany of abysmal
issues with the planes
Daily Mail (UK),
by
James Gordon
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
3/18/2024 11:21:49 PM
The windshield on an Alaska Airlines flight from Washington D.C. cracked as it made its descent into Portland International Airport on Sunday night.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was carrying 159 passengers and 6 crew members across the country when it suffered a small crack on the inner windshield.
'The crew followed their checklists and the aircraft continued safely to its destination as scheduled. Alaska Airlines' 737 fleet are outfitted with five-layer windscreens that have an outer pane, three inner layers and an inner pane.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
plomke 3/19/2024 12:08:21 AM (No. 1680597)
Waiting for the resident aviation "experts" to assure us mortals that this is normal,happens all the time and is just another attempt by Putin to subvert "American"(but mostly made overseas and assembled here) business...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 3/19/2024 1:02:00 AM (No. 1680604)
DM still pumping the hate at Boeing, and pushing the Euroweenie Airbus.
The entire reason a windshield is made up of multiple layers is that there is extreme structural stress and thermal stress (-50-75F outside, 72 F inside) on the windshield, in addition to huge wind forces. So, it is possible that a layer can crack....to the windshields are made with many layers so that one cracking is at best a minor inconvenience requiring a maintenance replacement of the windshield portion. Also, most of them are internall heated , as needed, further adding very complex stresses to the situation.
DM is a tabloid, and they certainly act like it and have a huge hate going for Boeing these days.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/19/2024 1:29:26 AM (No. 1680620)
The 737-800 is an "NG" and pretty much the same as all other 737 back to the 737-300 days; Note: It's NOT a 737MAX!
Usually when windscreens crack it's due to de-ice control electronics getting too hot after after cold soak at altitude, or sometimes due to workmanship issues within the windscreen's lamination layers, per previous poster.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
smokincol 3/19/2024 1:34:03 AM (No. 1680624)
more problems for Boeing, how's their stock doing, lately
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
plomke 3/19/2024 3:50:08 AM (No. 1680653)
So grateful that we here at LDot are graced with the perpetual sunshine and enlightenment of so many "experts".
What a desert of true knowledge and foresight we were before our betters joined us.
Its not like we don't know who and what you are,its just the same approved party line for twenty years is getting stale.
Move on and get to the pluperfect cnter of the storms...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/19/2024 4:53:15 AM (No. 1680678)
For decades, in both military and commercial flights, a Boeing product could be counted on to get you there safely under dire circumstances....Now, the planes themselves are the dire circumstances! What in God's holy name is wrong with that company?! Is this due to all this DEI 'stuff'? Scrap it immediately and get back to fundamentals!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
chance_232 3/19/2024 7:05:56 AM (No. 1680718)
Stuff wears out and breaks or is broken, especially in machinery that is 10, 20 or 30 years old. I'm no expert, but I have to ask, are these problems due to Boeings manufacturing, sub-contractors parts, individual airline maintenance or is the media hyping these issues for ratings or some other purpose. Thousands of Boeing aircraft take to the sky's thousands of times every day to log millions of miles. Very few manufacturers have the same records of accomplishment or reliability.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 3/19/2024 7:22:58 AM (No. 1680729)
This is not a big deal, but the press is trying to make it one.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
paral04 3/19/2024 8:01:34 AM (No. 1680759)
These reporters never say when the aircraft was manufactured. If they did we could decide if it was a manufactured flaw or poor maintenance.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
skacmar 3/19/2024 8:03:25 AM (No. 1680760)
Should these issues be taken seriously, yes. Are they an indication that Boeing jets are going to start falling out of the sky due to wholesale defects, No! Thousands of jets flying every day with billions of parts are built by Boeing butmaintained by the airlines. Some jets are new, some old. No matter how well you maintain something, sometimes, things break. Think of your car. You may follow the manufacturer maintenance to a tee but things still may unexpectedly break or wear out. The press is just piling on Boeing. They could do the same thing for automobile manufacturers.
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Where is the National Transportation Safety Board?!!!!!!
Let me guess - being wined and dined by Boeing.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NamVet70 3/19/2024 8:35:57 AM (No. 1680791)
If they look hard enough, they can probably find a dirty stain on the carpet somewhere.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
franq 3/19/2024 8:38:48 AM (No. 1680795)
Having a hard time deciphering the sarcasm of #5.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 3/19/2024 8:53:55 AM (No. 1680803)
That must have been one rough landing.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MickTurn 3/19/2024 9:26:04 AM (No. 1680834)
It is clear the competent Engineers have been replaced by Political HACK Bean Counters. We Be SAVING TONS O CASH! Quality, what's that?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Axeman 3/19/2024 9:36:48 AM (No. 1680842)
This is news? Many times I've seen cracks on the inner windows in the passenger compartment. It's easy to see the many layers and how this would be a minor issue.
I'm with #2. There seems to be a vendetta against Boeing.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 3/19/2024 10:48:43 AM (No. 1680918)
#1, not normal but not unheard of.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
cheeflo 3/19/2024 3:19:24 PM (No. 1681097)
Alaska Airlines has had several of these mishaps lately. When one of its planes landed last week or so, it was discovered that the door to the pressurized hold was ajar, with pets on board. It's reported that none of the animals died or were injured, but I don't know what to believe anymore. All I do know is that I am not getting on a commercial airliner ever again.
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