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AS1218 is probably not the cause of extra attention to airplanes _in Japan_. They had arguably much worse events on Jan 2 (landing JAL516 A350 crashed into a e

by cbhl 3y ago

AS1218 is probably not the cause of extra attention to airplanes _in Japan_. They had arguably much worse events on Jan 2 (landing JAL516 A350 crashed into a earthquake relief Coast Guard DC-8 on landing; killed 5, and both aircraft caught fire).

adastra22 3y ago
Sure but that had nothing to do with the intrinsic safety engineering of either plane.
eterm 3y ago
It's the cause of extra attention of "Hacker news" to this story, which otherwise wouldn't be paid much attention outside of regional news. Instead right now it's the #1 story on HN.