[jerod]

When you have a bird strike... It doesn’t matter what model number your jet is... It’s coming down.

[xp38]

Oddly this doesn’t make me feel any more secure when I fly. In fact just the opposite. I haven’t flown since 1999. If I can drive that’s what I’ll do thanks.

[Da Coyote]

Yup, bird strike, no hydraulics...gear up landing, which is survivable except that the plane had no flaps and thrust reversers (landed on the engines)...meaning it slid to the end and hit a barrier. Typical MSNBC “analysis” provided by folks who’d fail a fifth grade science test. And the media wonders why we give the turds in our toilet more regard than we give them. I’m surprise they didn’t let Rachel Maddow give the report, since she is arguably the best liar there.

[sturmde]

The media are stupid. Originally claiming this as the worst Korean air disaster, now edited to saying “in decades” because they want us to forget the Soviet Evil Empire killing 269 people aboard Korean Air 007 in 1983.
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Bonus points for those who remember the impact on Reagan’s handling of the situation.

[RoosterRedux]

Some investor group needs to buy Boeing and take it private long enough to clean out the DEI people and completely restructure it where necessary...and then bring it public again.

Here are the reasons I suggest that strategy:

Operational Flexibility:

As a private company, Boeing's new management/owners could make bold, long-term decisions without the constant pressure of quarterly earnings and shareholder expectations. Restructuring efforts will involve moves that will be unpopular with some public shareholders, like cost-cutting, gutting the DEI/Woke people, and divesting non-core business units.

Focus on Core Issues:

A private environment allows management to concentrate on fixing critical operational and cultural problems (e.g., quality control, safety standards, supply chain issues) without distractions from public scrutiny.

Simplified Capital Raising and Restructuring:

A private equity investor or consortium could provide the needed capital to overhaul Boeing's operations without having to explain their turnaround efforts to the public markets.

[knarf]

pilot sabotage.

[SaveFerris]

I like the 737-300 to 737-800 series

Except for that nasty vertical stabilizer thing but that got addressed after killing two planeloads of people

[PAR35]

Landing gear was down. The pilot raised it before landing. Info on the data and voice recorders should be interesting.

[pepperdog]

Old airplane, probably thousands of cycles, minimal maintenance by DEIs, what could possibly go wrong?