Boeing 737 Max planes are grounded after a hole blew in one mid-flight::The FAA ordered that 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes be inspected before they can return to service following the explosive decompression of an Alaska Airlines flight.

  • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Most of the fuselage should be insanely similar to other 737 models. I can’t imagine how someone fucked up badly enough to lose a door plug,

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      10 months ago

      That’s the problem… Reusing a 50±year-old design, with new engines and other technology that should have been used with a new fuselage design…

      I don’t think they’d ground the entire fleet if this was just a mechanic who made some one-off error. There’s probably some human error involved, but those on the ground human errors are only catastrophic because of the design choices Boeing made.