Investigation launched after Boeing engine cover falls off during takeoff

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• SpiceDealer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh boy, another Boeing failure! I wonder what they’ll come up with next?

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  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Smells a lot like maintenance failure from the airline. It’s an older plane, like at least 7 years old.

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    • 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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    • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      7 years isn’t old for a plane

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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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• metaStatic@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  if it's Boeing I'm not going

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• casmael@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Next up: entire Boeing aircraft falls off shortly after takeoff, leaving engine cover stranded at 14000 feet

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• SirSamuel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While I appreciate the spotlight on Boeing there’s definitely ongoing maintenance challenges happening at the major airlines as well. And the root cause of these issues is the same as Boeing, corporate greed and short-sighted focus on quarterly gains.

  A lot more people will die before these systemic issues are rectified

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• massive_bereavement@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It's not a Boeing engine, it's a CFM.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s some variation of CFM56-7B, but when referring to the plane as a whole, it’s fair to call it a Boeing engine since Airbus also uses engines designed by CFM.

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    • massive_bereavement@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ok, I'll allow it.

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  • Syn_Attck@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think most people feel like this now. Their reputation will never recover from this. From now on, airplane safety failure will be synonymous with Boeing.

    They need to pass on. Their time has come and gone, as have their engineering standards and ability to document things. It’s unacceptable behavior for any company, but especially a defense contractor, and I’m not talking ethics here.

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• HopingForBetter@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The front fell off.

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