The bad news for the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing does not stop. After the technical problems with the 737-Max with two crashes, the 737 Next Generation (NG) series is experiencing difficulties.
Most recently, component cracks occurred at the connection between the wings and the fuselage of machines of this type of the Australian airline Qantas. Now the low-cost airline Ryanair reported that there had been abnormalities in inspections in less than five percent of the aircraft.
According to the British newspaper "Guardian" three Ryanair machines are said to have remained because of the cracks on the ground. The report refers to internal documents of the airline, which should document repairs due to the wing cracks. This has rejected the company. "Today's article is scrap," the airline said. She had warned the newspaper in an opinion that there was no impact on the fleet and the flight plan. The investigation of all machines with more than 30,000 flights was completed, currently inspections of the aircraft with fewer flights were.
The Irish company is the largest Boeing customer for this model with 450 Type 737-800s, which is part of the Next Generation (NG) series.
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Boeing announced in early October that there could be cracks in the wing-to-fuselage joint on 737 NG machines, which included the key component called "pickle fork". As a result, dozens of Boeing aircraft of the Australian company Qantas, the US company Southwest and Korean Air were initially withdrawn from circulation.
The Boeing 737 is the world's most widely used transportation machine. The first aircraft of this type flew in 1967 for Lufthansa. Of the various models of the 737 NG, more than 6100 copies have been produced worldwide since the mid-1990s, according to Boeing.