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To: allendale

Oh I see this was a Max 8. That Max plane was a mistake. Boeing wanted to use more fuel efficient engines, which is understandable - it saves money to airlines and pleases the climate Gaia worshippers. But the engines are bigger and heavier. Rather than design a new fuselage they just adjusted the position of the engines and some wing enhancements. It was a shortcut to get it through FAA regulations, and also so they didn’t have to build a new fuselage factory. But you just can’t have it all. It’s less stable overall which is why they had to make a bunch of other little tweaks - not to mention that software issue that caused 2 total catastrophes.

Another united flight lose a wheel after takeoff the other day.


35 posted on 03/08/2024 9:29:52 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Yeah, sure sounds like a design issue:

“A passenger reported the aircraft had landed normally and in normal attitude, when the crew attempted to turn off the aircraft was too fast, skidded, the gear collapsed and the aircraft went off onto soft ground. The passenger disembarked onto the runway via stairs.”

Maybe wait for all the facts before commenting.


46 posted on 03/08/2024 9:51:07 AM PST by OA5599
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