Things in Mexico are still exploding all over the place, and it may be spreading. On Monday, an American Airlines jet landed in Miami, and was found to have bullet holes in one wing. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 had just returned from Colombia.
Bullet holes. Yes, really.
Bullet holes were found on the wing of an American Airlines Boeing jet after landing in Miami from Colombia, according to a report.
Flight AA923 landed at the Miami International Airport on Monday when a routine post-flight inspection found the puncture marks on the 737 MAX 8’s right aileron, which is responsible for lateral balance, AirLive reported.
Despite the puncture marks, the aircraft flew and landed safely.
There were no flight-related issues or injuries on board related to the incident, American Airlines told The Post.
“The aircraft was immediately removed from service for further inspection and repair. We will work closely with all relevant authorities to investigate this incident,” the company said in a statement.
The plane had been in Colombia’s Jose Maria Cordova International Airport on Sunday and was completing a round trip when the bullet holes were discovered, according to AirLive.
The holes were, fortunately, in a place where they didn't endanger the aircraft, its crew and its passengers. Good luck? Or intentional?
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The jet is being repaired and will presumably return to service.
After landing at the Miami International Airport, American Airline technicians reportedly performed temporary patching to stabilize the surface of the wing.
By Monday night, the plane was sent over to Americans’ primary maintenance hub at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to AirLive.
The plane is currently grounded as engineers are conducting a full assessment of the wings where the bullet holes were discovered, the outlet added.
What's questionable now is if it's going to be worthwhile for American carriers to continue flying to Central and South America.
Of course, there's no indication as to who shot at the airplane or why. It may have been a cartel goblin taking an opportunistic shot, hoping to score big by knocking down an American passenger plane. It may have been a drunk with a rifle, too sauced up to really understand the implications of what he's doing. What's also unknown is what kind of rifle was fired at the plane. The cartels seem to like the AK and AR platforms, but there are plenty of regular old American-made trienta-trienta (.30-30) deer rifles down there, too, held over from the good old days when people were allowed to have those sorts of things.
These are questions we'll probably never have answered. Fortunately even a medium-sized airliner like a 737 MAX 8 isn't easy to bring down with a rifle. A shot in a more vital location may have caused an emergency landing; as it happened, it appears that the hits weren't even noticed until the plane landed in Miami.
Here's another question that may be interesting to have answered: Was there anyone on that plane that someone in Colombia might want out of the picture? I'm inclined to think not, or whoever tried this would have had more serious firepower at their disposal.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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