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Another one:

1603376: B737 Captain reported the flight recorder light was inoperative, which led to the discovery that the flight data recorder was not installed.

Can anyone anyone with more experience with this say whether this is normal for a new aircraft? I get that it's easy to forget parts of the assembly process, but how do you put an aircraft into service without verifying that all the parts (especially important parts like this one) are installed?

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pbhjpbhj7y ago

That's got to be illegal, having no flight recorder?

Wouldn't it fail preflight checklists? Depending on the country I'd have thought that's a "lose your license to operate" kinda deal??

tapland7y ago

The oss ur probably got caught in preflight. We don't know how much the plane was used before that though.

kayfox7y ago

IIRC, The flight recorders are tested by Boeing before delivery to the customer. Planes undergo several weeks to a month of tests by Boeing before delivery and sometimes undergo even more testing by the customer after delivery.

Most likely, the part is pulled for maintenance and its not properly recorded. If its not properly recorded, the plane can be put back into service without the part that was removed.

Air Canada Flight 143 is an example of maintenance records not being kept properly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

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