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The plane that lost a plug mid-flight was only two months old though. A design problem probably would have shown up in an older one.

• nyokodo 3y ago
  > A design problem probably would have shown up in an older one. Maybe, unless it required really specific conditions that have only occurred for this one or also required some maintenance snafu that also had nothing to do with Boeing assembly QA. We don’t have enough data to establish anything as the most probable explanation yet.
  • guax 3y ago
    According to the linked article: at least five aircraft. So, not unique to this one. Or the one that blew the door out.
• jojobas 3y ago
  Surely you've heard of reliability bath-tub curve.
  • Danieru 3y ago
    Uh, first part of the bath tub curve is driven by manufacturing defects... That's not a counter point at all.
    • jojobas 3y ago
      That curve applies to design issues as well, they are more likely to be found in the very beginning (teething problems) as well.