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it seems like every day there is a new 737/747 plane headline on hn. what gives? is it that interesting??

leesec 7y ago
This is crash just happened.
0x40490FDB 7y ago
Headlines aren't crashes. Not much info on this accident so far. If that was 737 Max 8, things are going to get MUCH worse for Boeing. Edit: Max 8 is still grounded, my bad.
- fgonzag 7y ago
  It'd get much worse because they aren't even supposed to be flying currently.
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- floatingatoll 7y ago
  737-800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988137
floatingatoll 7y ago
Yes. The 737-MAX breaks a history decades of planes not generally not crashing, and introduces instead a plane that tries very hard to crash with hundreds of people onboard. The process and leadership errors and regulatory capture that led to that afflict tech companies as much as any other. It’s going to remain news for some time to come. ps. I flagged this post. It has no content and doesn’t deserve to be on HN yet.
aphroz 7y ago
A plane crash from an american constructor in a country that was just attacked by US army is rather interesting. Then maybe it is not related to any "hacker" topic, but the potential engineering fails behind the boeing 737 Max is probaly rather interesting for "hackers".
duelingjello 7y ago
No 747 has been used for mainstream commercial passenger service for almost a year because it’s an old, uneconomical design that simply can’t compete anywhere except in cargo.
- pintxo 7y ago
  Are you sure? According to this [1,2,3] there are currently 99 747s in the air, a quick check [4,5,6,7] shows, that at least some are passenger planes. [1] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/ https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/ [2] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B744 https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B744 [3] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B748 https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B748 [4] https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW117/history/20200108/0835Z/EGLL/KJFK https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW117/history/202001... [5] https://british-airways.flight-status.info/ba-117 https://british-airways.flight-status.info/ba-117 [6] https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH462/history/20200108/0910Z/EDDF/KMIA https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH462/history/202001... [7] https://lufthansa.flight-status.info/lh-462 https://lufthansa.flight-status.info/lh-462
- dotancohen 7y ago
  I flew a 747 on El Al last year. It's a great plane and I'll be sad to see it go, but it's not gone yet.

This is crash just happened.

Headlines aren't crashes. Not much info on this accident so far. If that was 737 Max 8, things are going to get MUCH worse for Boeing. Edit: Max 8 is still grounded, my bad.

fgonzag 7y ago
It'd get much worse because they aren't even supposed to be flying currently.
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floatingatoll 7y ago
737-800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988137

floatingatoll 7y ago

Yes. The 737-MAX breaks a history decades of planes not generally not crashing, and introduces instead a plane that tries very hard to crash with hundreds of people onboard. The process and leadership errors and regulatory capture that led to that afflict tech companies as much as any other. It’s going to remain news for some time to come. ps. I flagged this post. It has no content and doesn’t deserve to be on HN yet.

aphroz 7y ago

A plane crash from an american constructor in a country that was just attacked by US army is rather interesting. Then maybe it is not related to any "hacker" topic, but the potential engineering fails behind the boeing 737 Max is probaly rather interesting for "hackers".

duelingjello 7y ago

No 747 has been used for mainstream commercial passenger service for almost a year because it’s an old, uneconomical design that simply can’t compete anywhere except in cargo.

pintxo 7y ago
Are you sure? According to this [1,2,3] there are currently 99 747s in the air, a quick check [4,5,6,7] shows, that at least some are passenger planes. [1] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/ https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/ [2] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B744 https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B744 [3] https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B748 https://de.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B748 [4] https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW117/history/20200108/0835Z/EGLL/KJFK https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW117/history/202001... [5] https://british-airways.flight-status.info/ba-117 https://british-airways.flight-status.info/ba-117 [6] https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH462/history/20200108/0910Z/EDDF/KMIA https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH462/history/202001... [7] https://lufthansa.flight-status.info/lh-462 https://lufthansa.flight-status.info/lh-462
dotancohen 7y ago
I flew a 747 on El Al last year. It's a great plane and I'll be sad to see it go, but it's not gone yet.