The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes could be using aircraft with rudder components that may pose safety risks.
The NTSB last week issued urgent safety recommendations about the potential for a jammed rudder control system on some Boeing 737 airplanes after a February incident involving a United Airlines flight.
The NTSB also disclosed on Monday that it has learned two foreign operators suffered similar incidents in 2019 involving rollout guidance actuators.
See I’m starting to think that it’s unsafe to fly in any Boeing. Airbus is going to monopolize the entire jumbo-jet market and make killer profit doing it while being able to comply with higher standards. and laugh their way to the bank because Boeing couldn’t figure out that dead passengers isn’t a great business model.
They don’t have the capacity. In fact, Airbus and Boeing combined cannot meet the world’s demand. This is the legacy of mergers and gutting the industry.
I mean… Yeah that’s what I said. Higher demand, Airbus charges more for planes that are less likely to kill you.
Personally I’d rather get on a plane that is less likely to kill me. Even if it’s more expensive? Or maybe I’ll find another mode of transportation that seems more reasonable for the price? Sure statistics still say flying is safer, but safety isn’t the only thing in this optimization problem.
But, I also don’t fly regularly. I hate crowds, I hate MRI machines, and I hate falling from 35k feet. The price of a plane ticket going up because Boeing can’t get their shit together and stay in business does not seem like it will change life much for most people.
Idk… what with the world burning at an alarming rate. Might be a good thing to cool it with the air travel for a bit.
I do agree that the future is trains. Planes should really have a niche purpose and probably be isolated to cross country and international travel.
I’m a fan of trains. I live in a country with a great High speed rail network. Trains are great up to what, 6-700 km. Beyond that it’s plane territory.
That seems like a reasonable cutoff.
In fact, Airbus and Boeing combined cannot meet the world’s demand.
“Good. Because then prices go up. And it becomes a luxury. So people are even more desperate to spend money on it, so they can prove their social status.”
Capitalism demands the sacrifice of the poorest for the profit of those who already have more than enough.
And we restrict travel to rich people which is an awful idea. Exposure to other cultures is extremely important.
Immigration is very important to the economy. Maybe they would bring back wooden ships to move immigrants around, and they could be packed below deck and treated terribly.
“Sounds cheap!”: a happy Capitalist.
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Boeing: -cocks gun- Who said that??
Didn’t Boeing merge with the company who built the MD-80 airplanes ultimately famous for a really bad elevator control?
Correlative if not a causative influence.
This isn’t even the first time Boeing has had major rudder issues with the 737. Last round happened before the merger. They tried to cover it up then, too, IIRC.
Not just merged but McDonnell Douglass took over their management and slowly drove out the Boeing engineers who used to run it. MD planes were notoriously pasted together POS and it took them about 20 years for that design philosophy to completely takeover Boeing. We’re now seeing the results of that mismanagement in the most spectacular ways.
Imo Boeing should just be federalized at this point, they manufacturer so much for our gov already it would be justified to ensure safety of our military and space programs.
