While most everyone has heard about the incident where a 737 operated by Southwest Airlines had to make an emergency landing due to a hole that developed in the roof and now the question is what kind of impact will this have on aircraft sales. This incident seems to keep reappearing in the news as a result of follow up inspections revealing possible problems among other 737s that Southwest operates and potential problems with 737 models operated by other airlines. … >> Read More

In response to the initial incident of a Boeing 737-300 which had a piece of the aircraft’s skin rip off while in flight, Southwest Airlines has grounded 80 of their 737-300′s from a total of the 170 they have in operation. The reason they have not grounded their entire fleet of similar aircraft is because some of the 737-300′s have had recent overhauls and were not deemed at risk of a similar occurrence. This is the second incident of a … >> Read More