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What is known at this point is that another 737 Max crashed for some reason, which might have been unrelated to the cause of the last crash, while being flown b
by twblalock 8y ago
What is known at this point is that another 737 Max crashed for some reason, which might have been unrelated to the cause of the last crash, while being flown by an airline with a questionable safety record.
If this turns out to have been a terrorist attack or something like that, a lot of people are going to have to eat their words, and millions of dollars will have been wasted for nothing.
- isostatic 8y agoAnd if it turns out to be a fault in the max’s design, operation, or training procedures?
- La1n 8y agoYou keep saying millions of dollars will have been wasted. However consider an other option where it turns out to be a problem with more airplanes and hundreds of of lives 'will be wasted'. Some countries take a more precautionary approach to risk than others where there is uncertainty, and I, personally, am happy to live somewhere that is willing to take the decision to prevent possible harm to human life instead of possible harm to (a relatively small section of) the economy, where there is uncertainty.
- jbm 8y agoNot a questionable safety record. Can we please stop assuming that African countries and airlines are all the same? https://thepointsguy.com/news/despite-recent-crash-ethiopian-airlines-has-strong-safety-record/ https://thepointsguy.com/news/despite-recent-crash-ethiopian...
- CaptainZapp 8y agoActually a lot of African airlines do have dodgy safety records and Africa is the unsafest continent to fly. That said Ethiopian is the shining exception and has, apart from a 70 year history, quite a stellar safety record.
- umanwizard 8y agoIt seems you’re directly agreeing with your parent comment’s point: not all African airlines are the same. Many are shitty; Ethiopian is not.