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From a 2022 report, trivially searched-for on Google: > According to the Federal Aviation Administration, more than three dozen instances of cracked windshield
by eropple 3y ago
From a 2022 report, trivially searched-for on Google:
> According to the Federal Aviation Administration, more than three dozen instances of cracked windshields have been reported by airlines over the past five years.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article260551697.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article260551697.html
- jbverschoor 3y agohttps://avherald.com/h?search_term=cracked+windshield&opt=1&dosearch=1&search.x=0&search.y=0 https://avherald.com/h?search_term=cracked+windshield&opt=1&... Most of them are Boeing it seems: 14x Airbus 35x Boeing 5x Bombardier 3x Embraer
- JimBlackwood 3y agoDoes Boeing also have more plans in service and/or more flights?
- discordance 3y agoFor a fair comparison, this should be measured against flight hours per manufacturer
- krallja 3y agoTakeoff/landing cycles, actually. Cruising at high altitude is much less rough on the airframe (including windows) than the strains that happen when changing altitude.
- jbverschoor 3y agoA quick search gave me 12K vs 10K planes. I couldn't find the actual hours or number of flights
- kube-system 3y agoAnd until last year, most of the planes in the sky were also Boeing. And the Boeing planes in the sky, on average, are older.
- avereveard 3y agoBlatantly Overlooked Engineering Inadequacies, Now Grounded
- stjohnswarts 3y agothose don't mean much with out at least a "out of X planes from manufacturer Y"