Posted on 06/25/2019 11:32:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
FULL TITLE: Boeing Has So Many Grounded 737 Max Planes Waiting to Be Fixed They're Parking Them in the Employee Parking Lot
You may recall that, thanks to an issue with faulty sensors in the Boeing 737 Max flight control systems, those planes have been grounded after multiple crashes were found to be related to the issue. Grounded planes are, by definition, not in the air, and as such need to be stored, on the ground, somewhere. In the case of Boeing’s Renton Factory in Washington state, there’s so many grounded planes that some of that ground has to be taken from Boeing’s employee parking lots.
As you can imagine, seeing the planes parking among people’s everyday commuter cars is a strange sight, which has led to pictures like these being posted on Twitter: ... and Instagram:
Seattle’s King 5 News has some very comprehensive aerial footage of the factory, which gives a sense of just how many of these planes are parked at Boeing’s factory right now:
That’s a lot of planes. There’s about 500 grounded 737 Max jets around the world, as Bloomberg notes, with about 100 stuck at Boeing’s Renton factory. Those are the planes we’re seeing here, parked alongside people’s Priuses and Explorers.
I wonder if you can snag a spot under the wings if it’s raining?
-PJ
I do not think your auto insurance would cover damage to a multi-million dollar plane.
Boeing has been a great company for many years. I hope they learn their lesson.
Boeing is a loyal Democrat liberal company. They have suffered nothing and will never learn anything.
It sure would. Right up to your $75,000 limit per car accident. Which on a new 737 is the smallest ding imaginable.
Can I park under a wing? Having shade in the summer is definitely welcomed.
Also they’re uber-liberal as far as their policies go; very PC.
Hmm, just down the hill from me. I need to go check that out.
What’s worse is that Boeing is probably hiring more defense attorneys than engineers these days. Can’t imagine the number of domestic and international hearings, criminal and civil complaints related to this fiasco.
Multiple crashes.....two?
Yep two crashes = killed 346 people
I think I see the problem.
The starboard wing tippy-tip is pointed
down, not upward like the port wing. It
makes the plane fly like a horizontal
cork screw.
they’re called scimitar wingtips.
Look carefully … the wingtip device has both an up and a down segment. Some Airbus A320 models use a similar device.
Is that any different from winglets?
1,...put down the bong
2...clean the screen
or
3...get new glasses.
I’ve never seen a winglet down before.
Maybe it’s to keep from bumping into
parked cars. ;)
I will, if you’ll develop
a sense of humor.
The top one is to break up wingtip vortices.
The bottom one is a curb-feeler.
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