Wheel falls off United Airlines Boeing 777 and crushes cars in San Francisco
independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk
I'm honestly not sure how common these accidents are normally and media is just paying attention but it is not looking good for Boeing.
See for yourself.
Wheels and tyres falling off isn’t normal. Two in three months on Boeing planes starts to imply a pattern.
Turbulence injuries, engine problems and strange smells, on the other hand, are quite common [1].
The chance that this is (actually, not perception) a Boeing problem versus a maintenance problem is pretty remote.
Boeing develops and maintains the specifications for repair and maintenance work as well as criteria for replacement parts.
If United deviated from Boeing procedures or intervals when doing the work, or their supplier deviated in producing the product which caused the failure, that is not on Boeing.
If the specifications (for repair work, or maintenance intervals, or replacement parts) were deficient, that falls on Boeing.
None of this is normal. If you look at the price its probably based almost entirely on the presumption that Boeing is too big to fail and will be given as much time as required to fix its problems because its hard and long for its few competitors to pick up its slack but it could easily be more painful than is expressed in its price.
Planes are safer to land when they don't have tons of extra fuel.