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Is it normal for there to be this kind of obsession about a particular plane following a crash? I feel like I've never seen this before. I literally saw someone
by notJim 8y ago
Is it normal for there to be this kind of obsession about a particular plane following a crash? I feel like I've never seen this before. I literally saw someone on Twitter suggesting that you print out a page of the manual and hand it to your pilot…
- tapland 8y agoNo. It's because lack of pilot training for this new airplane has been suggested as a cause.
- djsumdog 8y agoRead up on the DC-10. It had some pretty well known issues, such as cargo bay door latches failing and blowing open in flight.
- dahdum 8y agoThe obsession is because the plane is new (<2 years) and there have been two fatal crashes in the past 6 months, making it by far the most dangerous plane in the skies today.
- DavidSJ 8y agoWe don't know that it's the most dangerous plane in the skies today. It may be, and some of the publicly known facts are suggestive of that but not conclusive. What we know is that its accident rate is by far the worst, but on a small enough sample size that statistical anomaly cannot be ruled out.
- dahdum 8y agoThey continued flying after the first crash for that exact reason, even though that took the accident rate an order of magnitude above the regular 737 fleet. After the second crash, it's not worth the risk in lives to carry on before investigations are complete.
- DavidSJ 8y agoI don’t disagree. That’s a separate point though.
- booleandilemma 8y agoIf nothing else this situation has made people more familiar with Boeing’s products.