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Occurrence on plane of Southwest Airlines, the company carries out inspections on 80 Boeing 737s

Washington, USA - The problem is due to wear of the outer skin of the fuselage

Last Friday there was an inconvenience on a plane of Southwest Airlines, a Boeing 737/300 with 118 people on board. The aircraft, just after departing from Phoenix, has had to make an emergency landing in Yuma due to a crack which opened in the fuselage, following which there was a lack of oxygen. The opening of the leak in the airplane did alert the leaders of the company that decided to make an...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1127778
Rome, Italy, 04/04/2011 13:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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