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26 year old 737-500. Weather is pretty bad in the area right now.
by arnon 6y ago
26 year old 737-500.
Weather is pretty bad in the area right now.
- raverbashing 6y agoNot a 737 Max, just to be clear
- arnon 6y agoIt's also not a DC-10, while we're making clarifications
- olliej 6y agocontextually the 737 vs 737-max distinction is important. The 737 vs DC-10 distinction is not :D
- arnon 6y ago"Ubuntu 20.04 caused outage" - "It's worth mentioning this isn't Ubuntu 16.04" Feels pointless to me.
- totalZero 6y agoFair point, but consider this: When I first saw this story on Bloomberg, I opened the article searching for the variant of 737 aircraft involved. Given the accident history of the 737 MAX, it's important for people to understand that this aircraft does not tie in to the MAX saga. The fact that this is not a MAX aircraft is relevant both to travelers and also to BA stockholders.
- arnon 6y agoUnderstood, and as I mentioned, it was a 737-500 that is 26 years old.
- sokoloff 6y agoThe difference is not nearly everyone knows the series number of the Max (thus doesn’t get the full signal you intended from saying it was a -500). Precisely the lightly informed people whom you were trying to help are the ones most prone to this error. It’s more like saying “this article involves Ubuntu 16.04” when “Ubuntu Focal Fossa” has been all over the news for 18 months.
- arnon 6y agoAlright. Point taken.
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- tareqak 6y agoIt might be worth adding that to the post title somehow e.g. 737 (not Max).
- postingawayonhn 6y agoThe weather looks pretty calm in the pictures of the debris.
- rurban 6y agoIt was only raining. No storm or such.
- cpncrunch 6y agoMETARs at the time from avherald: WIII 090800Z 28008KT 4000 -RA BKN016 OVC018 26/24 Q1006 NOSIG= WIII 090730Z 30006KT 5000 -RA FEW017CB OVC018 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG= So, light rain and light winds, 4km vis and broken at 1600ft. Very benign conditions for any plane, never mind a well maintained 737.
- Erlich_Bachman 6y agoA well-maintained airplane can work for many more years than this. They are not like cars. All the important functional parts are being replaced regularly and the structure of the frame is checked and repaired if needed.
- dopamean 6y agoA car could work this way too.
- wiz21c 6y agoGiven the little environmental issues we have these days, a car must work this way.
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- hedora 6y agoI was shocked when I saw that what percentage of car emissions are due to manufacturing. “Only” driving a car for something like 100,000 miles doubles the per-mile carbon emissions. (I can’t remember the exact number.). EV’s have more embodied carbon, so they’re removing less than half the emissions in that part of their life. This will drastically improve as the grid decarbonizes. However, we really should be focusing on swapping out the drive trains on 2000-2020’s most popular models.
- HPsquared 6y agoIn theory it could, the same principles and judgements are in play - it's just that the relative prices of keeping an old car vs. replacement are different to that of an airliner so the decision tends to be more towards replacing old cars. The equation is of course different for valuable collector's cars.
- notahacker 6y agoMore importantly, you are allowed to drive a car without aircraft-style inspection and part replacement regimes and periodic total rebuilds. If you weren't, few car accidents would occur due to poorly maintained vehicles, but fewer people would be able to afford to drive.