[Zhang Fei]

Chinese supplier improperly calibrated doors. This was a glitch repeatedly bailed out and financially-troubled Bombardier did not need. At the same time, Bombardier's role as Canada's major domestic player in heavy industry means no Canadian government can allow it to liquidate.

[Flick Lives]

“Open the pod bay doors, Hal!!”

[9YearLurker]

You mean Justin’s guv might end up paying the cost to make this right?

(And President Trump, can we please stop importing any infrastructure tech from our undeclared enemies, these brutal communist dictators?)

[Rockingham]

Chinese culture and communism regard cheating as justified and even worthy of official support when done to capitalists. In this instance, since China has already sucked out Bombardier’s technology and set up competing industrial production, sabotage of Bombardier’s domestic production helps to undermine a rival whom China intends to displace.

[moovova]

Coulda been worse. The subway cars could've come with suicide doors...

[meatloaf]

When Bombardier bought Adtranz after both Daimler and ABB dumped Adtranz, it was a mouse swallowing a whale. Bombardier’s stock before that was between $30 and $40. After the buy, never broke $10.

The other issue with those cars is software. Somethings’ going on,