Det är problem med utmattningssprickor i taket vid "SATCOM" antennen på 777:an
"We received a report of cracking and corrosion in the fuselage skin underneath the SATCOM antenna adapter. During a maintenance planning data inspection, one operator reported a 16-inch crack under the 3-bay SATCOM antenna adapter plate in the crown skin of the fuselage on an airplane that was 14 years old with approximately 14,000 total flight cycles. Subsequent to this crack finding, the same operator inspected 42 other airplanes that are between 6 and 16 years old and found some local corrosion, but no other cracking. Cracking and corrosion in the fuselage skin, if not corrected, could lead to rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity of the airplane."
Typ detta hände en Boeing 737 Aloha Airlines flight 243. Utmattning i metallen fick en hel sektion av skrovet att slitas av på hög höjd.
Många säger att det är ett under att det planet lyckades landa!!
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, but was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui. The only fatality was flight attendant C.B. Lansing who was blown out of the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. The safe landing of the aircraft with such a major loss of integrity was unprecedented and remains unsurpassed.
Har detsamma hänt Flight MH370´s Boeing 777-200, så skulle troligen transpondern sluta att fungera och en explosiv dekomprimering av kabintrycket fått planet att brytas sönder i luften.
Det trovärdiga scenariot finns här: http://www.lowyat.net/2014/03/was-there-a-problem-with-the-mh370-boeing-777-200-aircraft/
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-jet/faa-warned-cracking-corrosion-problem-boeing-777s-n50591
http://news.yahoo.com/us-regulators-warned-problems-boeing-777s-153156057.html
