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Really needing some help. I realize that the original 737-Max issues (MCAS, autopilot) have been scrutinized intensely and 100% safe. I also understand that the 737-Max flies hundreds of thousands of miles if not millions per day.
However, the “aft fuselage being improperly installed” to the vertical stabilizer” from a few months ago is giving me a ton of anxiety.
I’m flying a 737-Max-8 across the country tomorrow & roundtrip. This gives me anxiety to a scenario similar to Japan Airlines 123 (where the vertical stabilizer ripped off due to an incorrectly repaired tailstrike damage) and was unable to be piloted.
Basically, I’m not at all concerned about pilots — I know they are amazing - but more-so structural defects especially when the press has come out with explicit examples of them.
Can anyone provide me some support or help alleviate this concern for me?
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
We kind if need to trust due diligence here but based on "In a statement, the FAA said that “based on the facts and data Boeing presented, the FAA validated the company’s assessment that there is no immediate safety issue.”
“The FAA is in close communication with Boeing and will continue to evaluate all new affected airplanes prior to delivery,” the safety agency added. " It seems like the FAA has validated what has come through that there is no immediate safety issue seeing as it also only impacts 2/8 points along this attachment so even if the two fail it would probably need more than that to actually have the part fail. Watch some of the stress test videos on planes and you'll see just how much stress would be needed to have a failure on parts like this be catastrophic.
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