Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines finds loose bolts during inspections - eviltoast
  • Darorad@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I mean I’d much prefer they didn’t fly a plane that was repeatedly saying there’s a serious issue with it.

    • trafficnab@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      I’ll wait to pass judgement because, not being an expert, I have no idea what the standard procedure is for that warning appearing in 3 out of however many (hundreds of?) flights this plane engaged in over that period of time. With hindsight of course we can say “duh don’t fly the plane with the door about to blow off if it says it has pressurization issues” but maybe this is not actually a particularly serious warning in different circumstances.

      • methodicalaspect@midwest.social
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        10 months ago

        If I’m not mistaken, the Alaska Airlines accident aircraft completed 99 flights, as it went into service only a couple months ago.

        Not an expert myself but I binge air crash investigation shows like nobody’s business, and this seems to speak to QC and maintenance workload/culture issues.