More panels missing....
Earlier this month, plastic panels for storing a plane's emergency slide fell to the ground from an ANA passenger plane on two occasions -- along flight paths to Narita Airport -- on Sept. 7 and 8, respectively. The panel that fell on Sept. 7 was confirmed to have been the one found at the steel factory but the one that dropped on Sept. 8 still remains missing.
Unclear if this was from the same aircraft.
It also appears that the missing panels were not noticed, as previous articles stated the panel was traced back to the aircraft.?
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles...0m/0na/012000c
Looks like the most profitible business arm of Boeing is replacement panels...
EDIT:
TOKYO
Part of a fuselage panel on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) aircraft fell off the same plane on two consecutive days, the airline said Friday.
At around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Flight 936, a Boeing 767 operated by ANA, landed at Narita International Airport from Xiamen City, China. During the post-flight maintenance inspection, it was discovered that a reinforced plastic panel attached to the fuselage near the left wing had fallen off during the flight, Fuji TV reported. The panel measured 135 by 60 cms and weighed about three kilograms. The panel was replaced.
On Friday at around 5:20 p.m., the same plane arrived at Narita airport from Xiamen City, China, after which it was discovered that the new panel had also fallen off.
The detached panels in the two consecutive incidents have not been located and ANA said it does not know at what point in the flights they fell off.
now, about the liability......