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Found six inch or less crack, there were proceed calls, aging aircraft protocols where southwest and all operators of boeing 737s could stop the cracking by drilling out each end and continue to fly. now i think what we will see is that that will change. they will won t say that isn t a problem with the six-inch cracks and might require ultrasonic or other types of x-rays, if you will, sound examinations of the plane to see if it is okay. the focus is really on the 737 300s, 288 of them, 931 worldwide as we speak. but are there does it raise other concerns about other kinds of jets? well, no. it raises concerns about the 737 and in particular the 737 that gets the service that southwest puts these planes through. southwest flies each plane seven, eight, you know, six times a day. and it is a really punishing service. now, southwest in the past had the youngest fleet in the business. and they are phasing out these ....

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