Fortunately for Chinese passengers, aged Boeing 737s have drawn the attention of the CAAC. (These are the types of planes which demonstrated fatigue when a hole blew in the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on April 1.) Planes with 35,000 total flight cycles or more will be inspected within 4 days; and those with between 30,000 and 35,000 will be inspected within twenty days. The CAAC says that most of the Boeings are new.
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Burbank, twenty minutes from my home!
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UA Turbulent Over Canada
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Contact photographer Thomas Ernst – Aviation ArtsWhat: United Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from London Heathrow to Los Angeles,CA
Where: Montreal
When: May 25th 2010
Who: 96 passengers and 15 crew
Why: While en route, over the Hudson Strait, the flight encountered turbulence, injuring one stewardess and five passengers. The flight nearly diverted to O’Hare but instead diverted to Montreal, where the injured were hospitalized. A replacement Boeing was provided-