Comment on Investigation launched after Boeing engine cover falls off during takeoff

• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Definitely maintenance, but the number of Boeing specific issues lately is alarming. Even given the media’s tendency to over report issues like these for headlines.

  It’s not like Airbus is a small competitor with a fraction of Boeing’s sales. Airbus makes more planes than Boeing, and has for the last 5 years.

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  • huginn@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Airbus has failures all the time, you just don’t see them amplified. Brake failure last week on approach to Seattle: you never read about it, you don’t remember it.

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    • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep. They’re having engine issues lately. But it’s easy clicks for the news to shit on Boeing right now.

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  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even if in this case it’s not Boeing’s fault, the ill publicity is well deserved for sure

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• Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  7 years isn’t old for a plane

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  • SirSamuel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes but it’s not new off the line, and this is clearly a maintenance issue. This plane by now would have gone through at least two C checks.

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  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well I know, but the last 737-800 was made 7 years ago. So it’s, at the very least 7 years old.

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• laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure most of the Southwest fleet is more than 7 years old

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• arin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  737-800 debut 1994,

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