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Alaska Airlines Grounds Fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair ‘Incident’ (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And here we go again, another bOING 737 Max.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just to be clear, US domestic, major carrier flying is still staggeringly safe compared to essentially all other means of travel. The NTSB is not messing around and Boeing will have a lot to explain and answer for and the issue will be corrected.

Even in this exceptional case, nobody was injured.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also, I hate Boeing as much as the next guy, but with how complex any aviation accident sequence is, I'm inclined to withhold finger pointing until the investigation concludes or at the very least a good amount of information has been released. I support grounding the planes for safety during the investigation, and I also support criticism and scrutiny of Boeing in general since they definitely deserve both, but to say this specific case was definitely Boeing's fault at this stage is being premature.

And it's not like Alaska Airlines has never caused an air accident through shoddy maintenance of otherwise soundly designed aircraft. They should absolutely not get a pass until their involvement is definitively ruled out by evidence.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Thank you. This needs to be further up in the comments