Originally Posted by
tdracer
I've seen conflicting information on if this was a 737-800NG or a MAX-8 (although based on the reported delivery date it would have had to have an NG). Assuming I'm correct that it was an NG, there are something like 5,000 of them flying around with the same cowl design, racking up well north of a million engine hours per month.
Given this is the first reported cowling 737 cowling event I can recall, it certainly doesn't sound like the kind of generic problem they had on the A320.
But don't let that stop the dedicated Boeing bashers...
Yes, I agree.
To be clear, I was referring to the A320 family with its many cowling door events. And so we should stop now and focus on this incident with the 738.
And it's unlikely that this is a design or durability issue. There are older 738 with no nacelle issue.And what TD said.