Subj : Re: A Delta Boeing 737-900 loses part of a w
To   : Rug Rat
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Tue Jul 08 2025 18:20:22

Brent,
 
RR> That may be the case, but the issue itself may not be Boeings
RR> responsibility.  The 739-ER entered service in 2007. Depending on when
RR> Delta took possesion the aircract may have already been through 1 D
RR> check.
 
As it is a workhorse, this may entirely be the case.
 
RR> How was it maintained the airlines from delivery to issue?
 
Also correct and I wish to add that as far as I understand, there are no strategic nor structural outstanding issues with Delta's maintenance procedures.
 
RR> Though the MAX and the issue with the door plug have tainted the entire
RR> 737 line.  Simmilar to the American DC10 crash in Chicago.  The issue
RR> stemmed from impropper MX procedures that MD had on record of
RR> discouraging.
 
Also correct, but in the case of the 737 there has been more than one red flag in past years.
 
As for the DC10, I've flown several DC10's ever since the very early 70-ties and never felt unsafe in them. Though here it's not just the Chicago crash of 1979. There had already been the Turkish Airlines DC10 in Ermenonville which preceded it and then followed the same year by the Air New Zealand crash at Mt. Erebus and the WesternAirlines crash at Mexico City landing at a closed runway. Bad luck because the Erebus and Mexico City crashes also were not technical but happened too close to eachother prompting the flight ban.
 
I think it was a reliable aircraft.
 
 \%/@rd

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