Southwest checks planes after hole forces landing
Federal safety officials are investigating how a foot-long hole opened in the top of a Southwest Airlines jet, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Charleston, W. Va.
AP Airlines Write
The Boeing 737 jet was carrying 126 passengers when the cabin lost pressure. Luckily there were no injuries.
An inspection in January turned up 8 cracks that required repairs in the 1994 aircraft.
After the incident, Southwest inspected all identical Boeing jets Tuesday night before allowing them to travel again.
Damages to planes that old aren't unusual. Southwest agreed to pay a fee of $7.5 million to settle charges on operating planes without the required 14-year inspection.
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Recent events such as missed inspections, overlooking minor details, and outright negligence have costs many lives. Luckily this event was not the same case. But it could've been. Any type of transportation used the public should be inspected, and people should make sure these inspections happen. I do not understand why they think it is okay to put it off when they are putting lives at risk whenever they do. Our government should look into cases such as these. There should be consequences for inappropriate actions, or no actions done at all.
I absolutely agree, when the public safety is at hand there should be absolute regulation. This and food contamination stories really grind my gears.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should spend less time practically strip searching people at the entrance, and get some people checking the mechanical aspects of the plane.