That does not look good
That looks even worse.The last Boeing 757 left the factory in October of 2004, so the youngest aircraft in service are at least 20 years old, and as such, any problems now are most likely an arti&fact of maintenance issues, and not design or manufacturing issues.
In the case of the airline forced to divert to Denver on a San Francisco to Boston flight yesterday, a Boeing 757-200, United Flight UA354, registration number N57111, that lost part of its leading edge slat in flight, the aircraft was delivered to Continental Airlines in 1994, so it's almost 30 years old.
Again, I don't blame Boeing for this one, but this seems to be to be increasingly indicative of a death spiral, where even events largely, if not entirely out of Boeing's control, are biting it on the ass:\
A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver on Monday because of an issue with the plane's wing - and a worried passenger on board captured the apparent problem on video.
"Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane," Kevin Clarke says in a video shared with CBS News. "Can't wait for this flight to be over."
I can imagine.
BTW, it turns out that this issue with the leading edge slats is a known issue with the B757, the FAA had issued an AD, 82 FR 17773 requiring inspections for moisture ingress and delamination of the slats in 2017.
This sort of inspection requirement for older planes, and when the AD was issued the youngest 757 was 13 years old, is neither unusual nor alarming.
I'll blame United, or whoever they subcontracted the inspections to.
If I were feeling charitable, I would suggest that Boeing should get a shaman or two and burn sage throughout its offices and factories, but I am not feeling charitable, so instead, I will suggest that they end the f%$#ing stock buybacks, and fire senior management.
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