US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
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Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#2The decision to pause operations and conduct inspections was made after a single C-130 was found with the lower center wing joint cracks, said AMC spokesman Maj. Jonathan Simmons.
One is less than a hundred. Title doesn't explicitly state that all those aircraft had cracking, but still seems a bit misleading in a clickbait sort of way.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#3The decision to pause operations and conduct inspections was made after a single C-130 was found with the lower center wing joint cracks, said AMC spokesman Maj. Jonathan Simmons. One is less than a hundred. Title doesn't explicitly state that all those aircraft had cracking, but still seems a bit misleading in a clickbait sort of way.
Fwiw I interpreted it the way it was intended but I follow aviation stuff a fair amount.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#4The decision to pause operations and conduct inspections was made after a single C-130 was found with the lower center wing joint cracks, said AMC spokesman Maj. Jonathan Simmons. One is less than a hundred. Title doesn't explicitly state that all those aircraft had cracking, but still seems a bit misleading in a clickbait sort of way.
Headline is pretty clear. If one aircraft shows atypical damage, they'll ground all the others just in case they're similarly affected. This probably entails inspections and maybe even pre-emptive fixes (depending on the resolution for the cracked aircraft). So a crack on one of them is just as bad as a crack on all of them.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#5The decision to pause operations and conduct inspections was made after a single C-130 was found with the lower center wing joint cracks, said AMC spokesman Maj. Jonathan Simmons. One is less than a hundred. Title doesn't explicitly state that all those aircraft had cracking, but still seems a bit misleading in a clickbait sort of way.
Fwiw I interpreted it the way it was intended but I follow aviation stuff a fair amount.
The title seemed clear and I don't follow aviation stuff.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#6The decision to pause operations and conduct inspections was made after a single C-130 was found with the lower center wing joint cracks, said AMC spokesman Maj. Jonathan Simmons. One is less than a hundred. Title doesn't explicitly state that all those aircraft had cracking, but still seems a bit misleading in a clickbait sort of way.
Headline is pretty clear. If one aircraft shows atypical damage, they'll ground all the others just in case they're similarly affected. This probably entails inspections and maybe even pre-emptive fixes (depending on the resolution for the cracked aircraft). So a crack on one of them is just as bad as a crack on all of them.
You’re right. Aviation comes down to being a numbers game. If one aircraft exhibits variances, the problem needs to be understood and if bad fixed before it has a chance to cause a real issue.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Headline is pretty clear. If one aircraft shows atypical damage, they'll ground all the others just in case they're similarly affected. This probably entails inspections and maybe even pre-emptive fixes (depending on the resolution for the cracked aircraft). So a crack on one of them is just as bad as a crack on all of them.
You’re right. Aviation comes down to being a numbers game. If one aircraft exhibits variances, the problem needs to be understood and if bad fixed before it has a chance to cause a real issue.
Think that this is indicative of the state of the US Air Force as a whole?
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#8Ordering inspections such as this is common airworthiness practice - only noteworthy here because of the number of aircraft involved.
It's a bit misleading to say they've been grounded; typically what you'd issue is a special/out-of-sequence inspection to be carried out before next flight, which I suppose to someone outside the industry amounts to the same thing but there's semantic difference.
These aircraft are being inspected to ensure they are airworthy and conform to the approved type design; they're not really being "grounded" which would imply they're not airworthy or not compliant with the type design (which is the case for e.g. the MAX 8).
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re right. Aviation comes down to being a numbers game. If one aircraft exhibits variances, the problem needs to be understood and if bad fixed before it has a chance to cause a real issue.
Think that this is indicative of the state of the US Air Force as a whole?
I think seeing cracks on ONE plane and deciding to review all of them speaks to a pretty high standard.
Re: US Air Force pauses flights for over a hundred C-130s over ‘atypical’ cracking
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re right. Aviation comes down to being a numbers game. If one aircraft exhibits variances, the problem needs to be understood and if bad fixed before it has a chance to cause a real issue.
Think that this is indicative of the state of the US Air Force as a whole?
Playing the numbers game is their job. Logistics win wars.