Comment on The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards

• Lightrider@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Did the soviets force Boeing to make shitty planes?

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They had plenty worse of their own. Look up the TU-104 for example

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    • Lightrider@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So that’s no then?

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      • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Obviously it’s a no to your obvious question. Consider the point that the other person is making, though… Planes are bad sometimes regardless of whether they were built in capitalist or communist societies, so perhaps the root cause is not politics.

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