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Boeing is in big trouble
CNN ^ | March 12, 2024 | David Goldman

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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.


21 posted on 03/12/2024 3:02:52 PM PDT by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Who knew the clintons had such a far reach?


22 posted on 03/12/2024 3:03:42 PM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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To: dfwgator

Me either. I might even give United a pass.


23 posted on 03/12/2024 3:05:09 PM PDT by Jean2
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To: GOPJ

Go woke ...


24 posted on 03/12/2024 3:08:16 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Looks like Elon is going to have to start making airplanes too,


25 posted on 03/12/2024 3:11:11 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: xoxox

Hmmm, it kinda did...


26 posted on 03/12/2024 3:19:16 PM PDT by Gulf War One
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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...


27 posted on 03/12/2024 3:22:25 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: PGR88
> Boeing, for sure, is a highly political company.

Any public company is highly political per "Stakeholder capitalism".

28 posted on 03/12/2024 3:25:39 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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To: SuperLuminal

Next up ... boatloads of Haitians.


29 posted on 03/12/2024 3:28:06 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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.


30 posted on 03/12/2024 3:30:43 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: packagingguy; All

“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.


31 posted on 03/12/2024 3:33:31 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: packagingguy

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.


32 posted on 03/12/2024 3:33:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"Technical Event" = Hit air pocket while on Autopilot and aircraft attitude changed to non-nominal (nose down)

And it took a minute for crew to recover control.

33 posted on 03/12/2024 3:34:41 PM PDT by G Larry (It's RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing ILLEGAL Laborers)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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.


34 posted on 03/12/2024 3:48:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~A Bizjet Is Nothing But An Executive Mailing Tube ~)
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To: Jonty30

“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.


35 posted on 03/12/2024 3:50:28 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: packagingguy

Is McDonnell Douglas management running Boeing these days?

All of these problems are reminiscent of the DC-10.


36 posted on 03/12/2024 3:55:55 PM PDT by bobcat62
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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.”


37 posted on 03/12/2024 4:02:00 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: allendale

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.


38 posted on 03/12/2024 4:02:04 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a former Texas public school teacher, I say please consider home school. )
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To: allendale

I wouldn’t doubt it. So many issues so close together. Almost daily. Some type of sabotage going on.


39 posted on 03/12/2024 4:03:22 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Delta, AA and Jet Blue are some of airbus biggest customers.


40 posted on 03/12/2024 4:03:23 PM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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