The 777 had the fuel intake from the tanks freeze over on approach to Heathrow. I don’t think that was an obvious problem: the intake was a flat hexagonal structure of smaller inlets that allowed the ice to form over. The fix was to stagger the smaller inlets so ice couldn’t form.
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frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 day ago
My late granddad used to work at Boeing before he started working at Airbus. he told my mum that Boeing planes always had something wrong with them and he didn’t trust their culture of safety. he actively avoided flying on Boeings and chose airlines which only flew Airbus planes. I thought my granddad was scaremongering but with all the scandals involving Boeing coming out and whistleblowers I think my granddad was justified in what he said
I’m not an aviation expert but a double engine failure at the same time is absurdly rare and the last time that happened it was a 777 which had some design defect with the fuel lines if i’m remembering things right. Boeing also removed lightning protection for the 787 to save costs
kcuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day ago
I think it may have been in the comments where some additional details were presented, as in it being related to a structural defect rather than "user error" or technical upkeep.
It reminds me of the situation with Toyotas where they kept blaming the driver for being heavy footed on the gas, and somehow the floor mats were blamed for killing people, until they found one car at the bottom of a lake... with the floor mats in the trunk (so zero possibility of that being the cause).
Back to Boeings: there were SENIOR pilots WITH SENIORITY (I simply cannot overemphasize just how crucial those words are in the aviation industry, though you likely know: it is simply EVERYTHING) who were walking away, quitting their jobs rather than fly those planes. Who in their right mind would train and work for literally decades, then at the very moment that you achieve your lifelong dream... turn it down and walk away? Then quitting under these conditions was an ENORMOUS wakeup call. And it wasn't just a handful of them either, but so many that they affected the entire industry having to get by with less capable pilots.
Airlines have been held together with duck tape for something close to a decade now, and as we are seeing, planes are literally falling out of the skies.
... though mostly only outside of the USA, so who cares, amiright?! 🤢🤮(To clarify in case those do not go through, those are the sickness and vomit emojis)