Air China responds to viral video of loose wing screw on Boeing 737NG flight


Loose screws have been repaired and the entire fleet checked, Air China says, after a Weibo clip from a passenger on flight CA1921 goes viral. There has been no official explanation as to why the screw was loose and whether this could affect flight safety. — SCMP

Air China said it had fixed loose wing screws on one of its passenger aircraft after a video clip of the problematic fairing during flight went viral online.

This comes after a passenger on Air China flight CA1921 from Beijing to Hengyang on Thursday noticed that a wing screw on the Boeing 737NG was loose. He recorded a video and posted it on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

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