Does the Boeing 737 Have ANOTHER Major Flaw!?

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The NTSB recently released an urgent safety alert affecting Boeing 737 Max and even some 737NGs. So... what's the problem NOW? Is it serious and how quickly can it be fixed?

Latest FAA Safety Alert on the issue:

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[Casey]

"If critical systems fail during landing, just use brute force."
Thank you boeing, you never cease to entertain.

[khosrowzare]

As an engineer, I can see "Just kick it hard enough to make it work again" as a very typical engineering solution, it's almost funny. As someone who might be flying on that plane, however, I find it a lot less amusing.

[MattMcMatt]

Kudos to the flight and maintenance crews for acting on it immediately and reproducing the issue

[poruatokin]

Many years ago I was on a delayed flight that landed at Heathrow airport in THICK fog, so thick that as the plane came to a halt, the pilot informed us it was a fully automated landing and that he had to wait for a ground vehicle with a "FOLLOW ME" board to come out to us and guide us off the runway and to the terminal gate.
It was back in the 1990s but it sounds like a CATIIIC landing based on your description.

[YuxinLucy]

i had a flight in august that was scheduled to use the max 8. Seeing us approaching an A330 instead was a huge, huge relief

[cyan_oxy]

It's such a shame how Boeing ruined the legacy of the 737. I'm not American nor a Boeing fan but even I feel the pain of how badly they've fallen off.

[mediocreman]

Kudos to United for taking the incident seriously and quickly investigating and reporting their findings, and to the NTSB for getting the message out.

[JelMain]

That cure is the same as needed by Boeing. A swift kick.

[FutureSystem]

Thanks Petter, best description I have seen of this issue.
(As a retired 737 captain with around 27k hours total, I didn’t know the full story until watching your video.)
And yes, I’d still fly the Max in a heartbeat.
All the same, Boeing have a very big hole to dig themselves out of, which is a real pity.

[ruykava]

I am shocked that "disabling" a system means leaving it inside, deactivated but still connected to a "live", and critical system! That is bad, bad engineering.

[MrShepardDog]

Actually, Cat IIIC does exist. I took an AA DC-10 flight to London Gatwick many years ago -- looking out the window over the wing, the fog was so thick you could not even see the engine pylon! There was maybe 5 feet of visibility. Smooooth landing, of course -- it was all autopilot. And then we stopped. And waited. Right on the runway, in the fog! Finally we taxied slowly to the gate. Later I stuck my head in the cockpit and asked the pilot if it was dangerous, us stopping on the runway like that, in thick fog. "No", he said. They couldn't see a darn thing, and had to wait for a guide truck with flashing yellow lights to come out and we followed it to the fog-hidden terminal. But there was no danger of another plane landing and hitting us, he said, because we were the only flight right now capable of landing in Cat 3C conditions! No other flights were coming in. He added, "Most airlines do not equip all of their fleet with Cat3C autolanding capability -- the avionics package for it is about a $2 million dollar option. So not every commercial aircraft is equipped with it."

[TigerNL]

I think KLM replacing their 737 fleet with A-320neo family aircraft is an excellent choice.

[andrewd]

For me it's not the fact there's problems with components, these things are designed and built by people and there's always going to be mistakes, flaws and failures. It's the poor response by Boeing or lack of response entirely, they don't seem to take these issues seriously enough or have any urgency and when they do eventually publish guidance it's poor and not safe. They are their own worst enemy and simply need to do better.

[Markov_]

I am a former Boeing employee and their practices at the time I was there were so bad. They literally used scrap parts from a bin to finish the project quick enough The worst thing is that those planes are flying right now somewhere in the world.

[rf]

I recently flew on the Lufthansa 747 from Seoul to Frankfurt, it was an amazing experience to fly on the queen of the skies. It reminds me of how good Boeing can be, I really hope that they can return to how they used to be. I want to confidently say again in future "If it aint Boeing I aint going."

[EyeMWing]

"disable this optional system" for flight control systems shouldn't result in parts being left over - if only because the airline's maintenance procedures aren't going to account for the part existing. If it hadn't been moisture ingress after only a few years, in twenty years these things would be seizing up with congealed bearing grease because they haven't been maintained.

[yanniskouretas]

Ah poor 737, entered service during the 1960s, stretched, re winged, re engined & upgraded to death... For how long can it be milked until a new airframe be developed ? Systems old and new slapped together creating a nightmare for fabricators and maintainers alike ...

[henrimichelpierreplana]

Thanks to have clarified this prb with the rudder hard issue.. At first I thought it was this one coming back again. Thanks for your vids.

[project-]

Everyone seems to be forgetting the basic issue with the 737 Max. This was not just a new variant of the 737 series, it was a totally new aircraft that was dressed up to look like a 737 to save a huge amount time and money getting the aircraft certifications done... The FAA was fully aware of that but given that it is filled with former Boeing employees, accepted the reduced certification process.
The 737 Max needs to be re-certified as a new aircraft for it to be safe, the failings will mostly get found in that process because it forces Boeing to do the FULL testing work.

[petersen]

This happened on my United flight last August. Pilot came on the intercom and said the rudder pedal was stuck and this was the first time he ever encountered this issue. Thankfully this was noticed before we took off and we deplaned. Good work Boeing!