Originally Posted by
11Fan
If there truly is a problem, they will come up with a fix. It may require some strengthening and some additional weight, but if that wing can hold after that Number 2 uncontained failure on Qantas 32, that's one tough bird. As more checks are performed, the inspection periods may decrease, not waiting until the next Heavy Check.
There's always going to be gremlins that surface in the first few years. It's the nature of the beast.
The biggest enemy will be the media.
I'm sure that the regular media will over exaggerate anything and everything, but this news coming after such exhaustive testing that current airframes go through before certification has to come as a surprise after so little time in the operational fleet (4 years) and such a high failure rate (anything failing at 7% of the time in this day and age can't be normal).
USMCFLYR