Posted on 03/12/2024 2:35:32 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
You’d think Boeing’s already miserable 2024 couldn’t get any worse. But on Monday, a 787 Dreamliner plunged suddenly mid-flight, injuring dozens of passengers, after a pilot said he temporarily lost control of the aircraft.
The pilot was able to recover and land the plane safely, but it’s not yet clear what caused the LATAM flight from Australia to New Zealand to fall so dramatically. LATAM called it a “technical event.”
The company’s nonstop streak of bad news began the first weekend of the year, when part of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max blew off the side of the plane just after takeoff. A preliminary federal investigation revealed that Boeing probably did not put the bolts in the so-called door plug that are designed to prevent the part from blowing off the plane.
In February, pilots on a United Airlines 737 Max reported that the flight controls jammed as the plane landed in Newark. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Two weeks ago, the Federal Aviation Administration flagged safety issues with the de-icing equipment on 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner models that could cause engines to lose thrust.
Then, last week, Boeing got more bad news: The NTSB said Boeing has not yet provided the company’s records documenting the steps taken on the assembly line for the door plug replacement on the Alaska Airlines jet. Boeing’s reason: Those records don’t actually exist…
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It’s interesting that two of the aircraft exhibited flight control anomalies while landing.
There are possibilities for airport equipment to interfere with flight control electronics.
Who knew the clintons had such a far reach?
Me either. I might even give United a pass.
Go woke ...
Looks like Elon is going to have to start making airplanes too,
Hmmm, it kinda did...
Hmmm...
First, we had large forest fires...
Second, we had many chemical & petroleum plant fires...
Third, we had food-processing plant fires...
Fourth, we had an explosion & acceptance of looting and shoplifting...
Fifth, we had a massive escalation of the invasion across the southern border...
Sixth, we had an explosion of rape, murder, and drunk driving...
Seventh, we have accepted that election processes are as corrupt as those of the mangiest 3rd world countries...
Eighth, we have commercial airplanes falling to pieces...
If someone suffered from paranoia, they might detect some sort of suspicious pattern in recent history...
Any public company is highly political per "Stakeholder capitalism".
Next up ... boatloads of Haitians.
Maybe they ought to headhunt some Airbus engineers for help with their fly0by-wire technology. Yep, I said it. Airbus doesn’t have those problems.
“Boeing is 108 years old. They should know how to make airplanes.
Suddenly everything goes wrong.
Is this intentional, sabotage perhaps? “
No.
It is simple.
Everything touched by Progressives, dies.
Just like cars, planes are getting more sophisticated. Pretty soon all the cockpit will have in it is a man and a dog. The man;s job is to care for the dog. The dog’s job is to bite the man if he touches anything.
And it took a minute for crew to recover control.
A lot of equipment and parts are outsourced and a program called JIT (Just In Time) for parts and equipment to show up on the production line as the aircraft is assembled.
“Their business is going to China.”
The Chinese have had substantial problems with their airliner design. I think it will be a long time before they represent a true competitor.
In my opinion, from my month at Boeing’s headquarters, their corporate culture is terrible. I’ve never experienced anything like it. Huge egos. Can’t do anything wrong. It’s Boeing’s way or the highway. I saw one problem after another.
As an aside, Boeing has substantial political support. For all intents and purposes, it’s America’s national manufacturer. Even presidents pressure countries to buy Boeing products.
Is McDonnell Douglas management running Boeing these days?
All of these problems are reminiscent of the DC-10.
Sounds like 20th Century Motor Co. “ Gerald Starnes died, leaving three children: Gerald Starnes, Jr., his younger brother Eric, and their sister Ivy. Together they proposed a radically new business plan: they would have all the employees work according to their ability, and “pay” them according to their needs.”
I have to agree. Though I am a skeptic about much of the conspiracy theories that have come down the pike there are 2 that I believe are true. The first is Covid was bought and paid for by extreme leftists in this country and the second is that the ruined reputation of Boeing will go well in producing a crippled airline industry. Let us investigate who has been recently hired at Boeing and what political leaning those people might have. There is no coincidence with so many occurrences of mechanical malfunctions.
I wouldn’t doubt it. So many issues so close together. Almost daily. Some type of sabotage going on.
Delta, AA and Jet Blue are some of airbus biggest customers.
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