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This is a good sign, they have realized that it would've destroyed the company if they had another jet liner fall from the sky due to a problem they chose to ig

by msoloi 6y ago

This is a good sign, they have realized that it would've destroyed the company if they had another jet liner fall from the sky due to a problem they chose to ignore. This way, they appear to be doing their due diligence, even though they made a mistake in manufacturing.

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
The real question now is how are they identifying these issues now and how many more have they identified or failed to identify.
- ardy42 6y ago
  It sounds like they're combing over historical manufacturing records: > The company “conducted a thorough review of the manufacturing data with respect to both shimming and skin surface profile. Based on that analysis we were able to determine that both conditions affected these eight airplanes only,” said the Boeing spokesman, who added that it has notified the Federal Aviation Administration “and are conducting a thorough review into the root cause.” Who knows why they decided to review that data. Maybe they have a project to try to spot problems they missed before, or maybe someone just noticed a problem on a newer plane and they went back to find out if any others were affected by that same problem.
  - stevehawk 6y ago
    Someone knows why and there's likely a non conspiracy reason behind it. Such as: one of them went in for an inspection (they're inspected a lot) and someone noticed something wrong in a significant capacity. Which then made it's way through Boeing because it shouldn't happened and they realized a potential problem.
redis_mlc 6y ago
> This is a good sign No it's not. Boeing has struggled with the same 787 composites mfg. problems since 2010, plus wing-root cracks and Lithium-ion battery fires. Failure of a pressure bulkhead in flight usually causes loss of the airplane. I wouldn't fly on the 787. Source: commercially-rated airplane pilot.

by msoloi 6y ago

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago

The real question now is how are they identifying these issues now and how many more have they identified or failed to identify.

ardy42 6y ago
It sounds like they're combing over historical manufacturing records: > The company “conducted a thorough review of the manufacturing data with respect to both shimming and skin surface profile. Based on that analysis we were able to determine that both conditions affected these eight airplanes only,” said the Boeing spokesman, who added that it has notified the Federal Aviation Administration “and are conducting a thorough review into the root cause.” Who knows why they decided to review that data. Maybe they have a project to try to spot problems they missed before, or maybe someone just noticed a problem on a newer plane and they went back to find out if any others were affected by that same problem.
- stevehawk 6y ago
  Someone knows why and there's likely a non conspiracy reason behind it. Such as: one of them went in for an inspection (they're inspected a lot) and someone noticed something wrong in a significant capacity. Which then made it's way through Boeing because it shouldn't happened and they realized a potential problem.

redis_mlc 6y ago

> This is a good sign No it's not. Boeing has struggled with the same 787 composites mfg. problems since 2010, plus wing-root cracks and Lithium-ion battery fires. Failure of a pressure bulkhead in flight usually causes loss of the airplane. I wouldn't fly on the 787. Source: commercially-rated airplane pilot.